Cabo Verde - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Cabo Verde was 50,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 38,000 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 38,000
1962 38,000
1963 38,000
1964 38,000
1965 38,000
1966 38,000
1967 38,000
1968 38,000
1969 38,000
1970 38,000
1971 38,000
1972 38,000
1973 38,000
1974 38,000
1975 38,000
1976 38,000
1977 38,000
1978 38,000
1979 38,000
1980 38,000
1981 38,000
1982 38,000
1983 38,000
1984 38,000
1985 38,000
1986 38,000
1987 38,000
1988 40,000
1989 40,000
1990 41,000
1991 41,000
1992 41,000
1993 41,000
1994 41,000
1995 42,000
1996 42,000
1997 44,000
1998 44,000
1999 44,000
2000 44,000
2001 46,000
2002 47,000
2003 47,000
2004 48,000
2005 48,000
2006 48,000
2007 48,000
2008 50,000
2009 50,000
2010 50,000
2011 50,000
2012 55,000
2013 55,000
2014 50,000
2015 50,000
2016 50,000
2017 50,000
2018 50,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Cabo Verde was 0.092 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.185 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.092 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 0.185
1962 0.181
1963 0.176
1964 0.170
1965 0.165
1966 0.159
1967 0.154
1968 0.148
1969 0.144
1970 0.141
1971 0.140
1972 0.140
1973 0.140
1974 0.141
1975 0.141
1976 0.140
1977 0.139
1978 0.138
1979 0.136
1980 0.134
1981 0.132
1982 0.129
1983 0.127
1984 0.124
1985 0.122
1986 0.120
1987 0.118
1988 0.123
1989 0.121
1990 0.121
1991 0.118
1992 0.115
1993 0.112
1994 0.109
1995 0.109
1996 0.106
1997 0.109
1998 0.107
1999 0.105
2000 0.103
2001 0.106
2002 0.106
2003 0.104
2004 0.105
2005 0.104
2006 0.102
2007 0.101
2008 0.104
2009 0.103
2010 0.101
2011 0.100
2012 0.109
2013 0.107
2014 0.096
2015 0.095
2016 0.094
2017 0.093
2018 0.092

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Cabo Verde was 12.41 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 13.65 in 2013, while its lowest value was 9.43 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 9.43
1962 9.43
1963 9.43
1964 9.43
1965 9.43
1966 9.43
1967 9.43
1968 9.43
1969 9.43
1970 9.43
1971 9.43
1972 9.43
1973 9.43
1974 9.43
1975 9.43
1976 9.43
1977 9.43
1978 9.43
1979 9.43
1980 9.43
1981 9.43
1982 9.43
1983 9.43
1984 9.43
1985 9.43
1986 9.43
1987 9.43
1988 9.93
1989 9.93
1990 10.17
1991 10.17
1992 10.17
1993 10.17
1994 10.17
1995 10.42
1996 10.42
1997 10.92
1998 10.92
1999 10.92
2000 10.92
2001 11.41
2002 11.66
2003 11.66
2004 11.91
2005 11.91
2006 11.91
2007 11.91
2008 12.41
2009 12.41
2010 12.41
2011 12.41
2012 13.65
2013 13.65
2014 12.41
2015 12.41
2016 12.41
2017 12.41
2018 12.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use