Eswatini - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Eswatini was 175,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 192,000 in 1989 and a minimum value of 124,000 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 124,000
1962 134,000
1963 129,000
1964 132,000
1965 140,000
1966 149,000
1967 153,000
1968 153,000
1969 149,000
1970 149,000
1971 149,000
1972 168,000
1973 168,000
1974 155,000
1975 167,000
1976 161,000
1977 149,000
1978 188,000
1979 184,000
1980 183,000
1981 134,000
1982 133,000
1983 133,000
1984 169,000
1985 154,000
1986 154,000
1987 164,000
1988 177,000
1989 192,000
1990 180,000
1991 183,000
1992 179,000
1993 178,000
1994 178,000
1995 178,000
1996 178,000
1997 178,000
1998 178,000
1999 178,000
2000 178,000
2001 178,000
2002 178,000
2003 178,000
2004 178,000
2005 178,000
2006 178,000
2007 178,000
2008 178,000
2009 175,000
2010 175,000
2011 175,000
2012 175,000
2013 175,000
2014 175,000
2015 175,000
2016 175,000
2017 175,000
2018 175,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Eswatini was 0.154 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.388 in 1966 and a minimum value of 0.154 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 0.361
1962 0.383
1963 0.361
1964 0.362
1965 0.374
1966 0.388
1967 0.388
1968 0.376
1969 0.356
1970 0.346
1971 0.336
1972 0.368
1973 0.357
1974 0.320
1975 0.334
1976 0.312
1977 0.280
1978 0.342
1979 0.324
1980 0.311
1981 0.220
1982 0.211
1983 0.204
1984 0.250
1985 0.220
1986 0.213
1987 0.219
1988 0.229
1989 0.240
1990 0.219
1991 0.216
1992 0.206
1993 0.201
1994 0.196
1995 0.192
1996 0.188
1997 0.185
1998 0.182
1999 0.179
2000 0.177
2001 0.176
2002 0.175
2003 0.174
2004 0.173
2005 0.173
2006 0.172
2007 0.171
2008 0.170
2009 0.165
2010 0.164
2011 0.163
2012 0.162
2013 0.161
2014 0.160
2015 0.159
2016 0.157
2017 0.156
2018 0.154

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Eswatini was 10.17 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 11.16 in 1989, while its lowest value was 7.21 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 7.21
1962 7.79
1963 7.50
1964 7.67
1965 8.14
1966 8.66
1967 8.90
1968 8.90
1969 8.66
1970 8.66
1971 8.66
1972 9.77
1973 9.77
1974 9.01
1975 9.71
1976 9.36
1977 8.66
1978 10.93
1979 10.70
1980 10.64
1981 7.79
1982 7.73
1983 7.73
1984 9.83
1985 8.95
1986 8.95
1987 9.53
1988 10.29
1989 11.16
1990 10.47
1991 10.64
1992 10.41
1993 10.35
1994 10.35
1995 10.35
1996 10.35
1997 10.35
1998 10.35
1999 10.35
2000 10.35
2001 10.35
2002 10.35
2003 10.35
2004 10.35
2005 10.35
2006 10.35
2007 10.35
2008 10.35
2009 10.17
2010 10.17
2011 10.17
2012 10.17
2013 10.17
2014 10.17
2015 10.17
2016 10.17
2017 10.17
2018 10.17

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use