South Africa - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in South Africa was 12,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,812,000 in 2000 and a minimum value of 12,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 12,000,000
1962 12,050,000
1963 12,100,000
1964 12,150,000
1965 12,200,000
1966 12,230,000
1967 12,250,000
1968 12,290,000
1969 12,330,000
1970 12,370,000
1971 12,410,000
1972 12,450,000
1973 12,490,000
1974 12,530,000
1975 12,570,000
1976 12,612,000
1977 12,570,000
1978 12,530,000
1979 12,480,000
1980 12,440,000
1981 12,400,000
1982 12,355,000
1983 12,355,000
1984 12,355,000
1985 12,355,000
1986 12,600,000
1987 12,550,000
1988 12,600,000
1989 12,700,000
1990 12,800,000
1991 12,900,000
1992 13,163,000
1993 13,426,000
1994 13,450,000
1995 13,500,000
1996 13,650,000
1997 13,700,000
1998 13,700,000
1999 13,760,000
2000 13,812,000
2001 13,685,000
2002 13,700,000
2003 13,600,000
2004 13,300,000
2005 13,175,000
2006 12,600,000
2007 12,600,000
2008 12,800,000
2009 12,660,000
2010 12,533,000
2011 12,033,000
2012 12,000,000
2013 12,000,000
2014 12,000,000
2015 12,000,000
2016 12,000,000
2017 12,000,000
2018 12,000,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in South Africa was 0.208 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.685 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.208 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.685
1962 0.671
1963 0.657
1964 0.643
1965 0.629
1966 0.615
1967 0.600
1968 0.587
1969 0.574
1970 0.560
1971 0.548
1972 0.535
1973 0.522
1974 0.510
1975 0.499
1976 0.488
1977 0.475
1978 0.462
1979 0.448
1980 0.436
1981 0.423
1982 0.410
1983 0.399
1984 0.388
1985 0.378
1986 0.376
1987 0.366
1988 0.359
1989 0.353
1990 0.348
1991 0.342
1992 0.340
1993 0.339
1994 0.332
1995 0.326
1996 0.323
1997 0.319
1998 0.314
1999 0.310
2000 0.307
2001 0.300
2002 0.297
2003 0.291
2004 0.281
2005 0.275
2006 0.260
2007 0.257
2008 0.257
2009 0.251
2010 0.245
2011 0.231
2012 0.227
2013 0.224
2014 0.220
2015 0.217
2016 0.213
2017 0.210
2018 0.208

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in South Africa was 9.89 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 11.39 in 2000, while its lowest value was 9.89 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 9.89
1962 9.93
1963 9.97
1964 10.02
1965 10.06
1966 10.08
1967 10.10
1968 10.13
1969 10.16
1970 10.20
1971 10.23
1972 10.26
1973 10.30
1974 10.33
1975 10.36
1976 10.40
1977 10.36
1978 10.33
1979 10.29
1980 10.25
1981 10.22
1982 10.18
1983 10.18
1984 10.18
1985 10.18
1986 10.39
1987 10.35
1988 10.39
1989 10.47
1990 10.55
1991 10.63
1992 10.85
1993 11.07
1994 11.09
1995 11.13
1996 11.25
1997 11.29
1998 11.29
1999 11.34
2000 11.39
2001 11.28
2002 11.29
2003 11.21
2004 10.96
2005 10.86
2006 10.39
2007 10.39
2008 10.55
2009 10.44
2010 10.33
2011 9.92
2012 9.89
2013 9.89
2014 9.89
2015 9.89
2016 9.89
2017 9.89
2018 9.89

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use