Namibia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Namibia was 800,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 816,000 in 2002 and a minimum value of 641,000 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 641,000
1962 641,000
1963 641,000
1964 645,000
1965 645,000
1966 645,000
1967 648,000
1968 648,000
1969 648,000
1970 650,000
1971 652,000
1972 652,000
1973 652,000
1974 652,000
1975 652,000
1976 654,000
1977 654,000
1978 655,000
1979 655,000
1980 655,000
1981 655,000
1982 655,000
1983 660,000
1984 660,000
1985 660,000
1986 660,000
1987 660,000
1988 660,000
1989 660,000
1990 660,000
1991 660,000
1992 660,000
1993 698,000
1994 747,000
1995 816,000
1996 816,000
1997 816,000
1998 816,000
1999 816,000
2000 816,000
2001 816,000
2002 816,000
2003 815,000
2004 815,000
2005 814,000
2006 813,000
2007 800,000
2008 800,000
2009 800,000
2010 800,000
2011 800,000
2012 800,000
2013 800,000
2014 800,000
2015 800,000
2016 800,000
2017 800,000
2018 800,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Namibia was 0.327 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.987 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.327 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.

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Year Value
1961 0.987
1962 0.964
1963 0.940
1964 0.923
1965 0.900
1966 0.878
1967 0.860
1968 0.838
1969 0.816
1970 0.795
1971 0.774
1972 0.750
1973 0.727
1974 0.706
1975 0.688
1976 0.673
1977 0.659
1978 0.646
1979 0.633
1980 0.619
1981 0.606
1982 0.593
1983 0.583
1984 0.568
1985 0.551
1986 0.532
1987 0.513
1988 0.494
1989 0.476
1990 0.461
1991 0.447
1992 0.435
1993 0.449
1994 0.469
1995 0.501
1996 0.491
1997 0.481
1998 0.471
1999 0.463
2000 0.455
2001 0.447
2002 0.441
2003 0.434
2004 0.427
2005 0.420
2006 0.412
2007 0.399
2008 0.392
2009 0.384
2010 0.378
2011 0.371
2012 0.365
2013 0.358
2014 0.352
2015 0.346
2016 0.339
2017 0.333
2018 0.327

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Namibia was 0.972 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 0.991 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.779 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 0.779
1962 0.779
1963 0.779
1964 0.783
1965 0.783
1966 0.783
1967 0.787
1968 0.787
1969 0.787
1970 0.790
1971 0.792
1972 0.792
1973 0.792
1974 0.792
1975 0.792
1976 0.794
1977 0.794
1978 0.796
1979 0.796
1980 0.796
1981 0.796
1982 0.796
1983 0.802
1984 0.802
1985 0.802
1986 0.802
1987 0.802
1988 0.802
1989 0.802
1990 0.802
1991 0.802
1992 0.802
1993 0.848
1994 0.907
1995 0.991
1996 0.991
1997 0.991
1998 0.991
1999 0.991
2000 0.991
2001 0.991
2002 0.991
2003 0.990
2004 0.990
2005 0.989
2006 0.988
2007 0.972
2008 0.972
2009 0.972
2010 0.972
2011 0.972
2012 0.972
2013 0.972
2014 0.972
2015 0.972
2016 0.972
2017 0.972
2018 0.972

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use