Congo - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Congo was 550,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 550,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 473,000 in 1994.

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 520,000
1962 520,000
1963 520,000
1964 518,000
1965 518,000
1966 518,000
1967 518,000
1968 518,000
1969 519,000
1970 520,000
1971 520,000
1972 520,000
1973 524,000
1974 526,000
1975 527,000
1976 531,000
1977 528,000
1978 483,000
1979 485,000
1980 488,000
1981 491,000
1982 516,000
1983 520,000
1984 522,000
1985 528,000
1986 525,000
1987 498,000
1988 500,000
1989 502,000
1990 479,000
1991 481,000
1992 480,000
1993 485,000
1994 473,000
1995 475,000
1996 477,000
1997 490,000
1998 491,000
1999 495,000
2000 490,000
2001 490,000
2002 490,000
2003 490,000
2004 490,000
2005 490,000
2006 490,000
2007 490,000
2008 490,000
2009 500,000
2010 510,000
2011 530,000
2012 530,000
2013 550,000
2014 550,000
2015 550,000
2016 550,000
2017 550,000
2018 550,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Congo was 0.105 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.499 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.105 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 0.499
1962 0.486
1963 0.474
1964 0.460
1965 0.448
1966 0.436
1967 0.425
1968 0.413
1969 0.402
1970 0.392
1971 0.381
1972 0.370
1973 0.362
1974 0.353
1975 0.343
1976 0.336
1977 0.324
1978 0.288
1979 0.281
1980 0.274
1981 0.268
1982 0.274
1983 0.268
1984 0.261
1985 0.257
1986 0.249
1987 0.229
1988 0.224
1989 0.219
1990 0.203
1991 0.199
1992 0.193
1993 0.189
1994 0.180
1995 0.175
1996 0.171
1997 0.171
1998 0.166
1999 0.163
2000 0.157
2001 0.152
2002 0.148
2003 0.144
2004 0.140
2005 0.135
2006 0.131
2007 0.126
2008 0.122
2009 0.121
2010 0.119
2011 0.121
2012 0.118
2013 0.119
2014 0.116
2015 0.113
2016 0.110
2017 0.108
2018 0.105

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Congo was 1.61 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 1.61 in 2018, while its lowest value was 1.39 in 1994.

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 1.52
1962 1.52
1963 1.52
1964 1.52
1965 1.52
1966 1.52
1967 1.52
1968 1.52
1969 1.52
1970 1.52
1971 1.52
1972 1.52
1973 1.53
1974 1.54
1975 1.54
1976 1.55
1977 1.55
1978 1.41
1979 1.42
1980 1.43
1981 1.44
1982 1.51
1983 1.52
1984 1.53
1985 1.55
1986 1.54
1987 1.46
1988 1.46
1989 1.47
1990 1.40
1991 1.41
1992 1.41
1993 1.42
1994 1.39
1995 1.39
1996 1.40
1997 1.43
1998 1.44
1999 1.45
2000 1.43
2001 1.43
2002 1.43
2003 1.43
2004 1.43
2005 1.43
2006 1.43
2007 1.43
2008 1.43
2009 1.46
2010 1.49
2011 1.55
2012 1.55
2013 1.61
2014 1.61
2015 1.61
2016 1.61
2017 1.61
2018 1.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use