Senegal - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Senegal was 3,200,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,830,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 2,685,000 in 1998.

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 2,933,000
1962 2,933,000
1963 3,033,000
1964 3,033,000
1965 3,132,000
1966 3,132,000
1967 3,232,000
1968 3,401,000
1969 3,187,000
1970 3,148,000
1971 3,229,000
1972 3,229,000
1973 3,279,000
1974 3,329,000
1975 3,328,000
1976 3,326,000
1977 3,124,000
1978 3,123,000
1979 3,122,000
1980 3,121,000
1981 3,120,000
1982 3,118,000
1983 3,116,000
1984 3,114,000
1985 3,110,000
1986 3,107,000
1987 3,104,000
1988 3,098,000
1989 3,094,000
1990 3,092,000
1991 2,973,000
1992 3,044,000
1993 3,082,000
1994 3,178,000
1995 3,077,000
1996 3,217,000
1997 2,938,000
1998 2,685,000
1999 3,407,000
2000 3,322,000
2001 3,099,000
2002 3,050,000
2003 2,932,000
2004 2,987,000
2005 3,126,000
2006 2,836,000
2007 2,850,000
2008 3,620,000
2009 3,830,000
2010 3,800,000
2011 3,300,000
2012 3,300,000
2013 3,200,000
2014 3,200,000
2015 3,200,000
2016 3,200,000
2017 3,200,000
2018 3,200,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Senegal was 0.202 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.890 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.202 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 0.890
1962 0.866
1963 0.871
1964 0.847
1965 0.850
1966 0.827
1967 0.829
1968 0.847
1969 0.771
1970 0.739
1971 0.736
1972 0.714
1973 0.704
1974 0.694
1975 0.675
1976 0.658
1977 0.603
1978 0.589
1979 0.574
1980 0.559
1981 0.544
1982 0.528
1983 0.512
1984 0.496
1985 0.481
1986 0.466
1987 0.451
1988 0.437
1989 0.424
1990 0.411
1991 0.383
1992 0.381
1993 0.375
1994 0.376
1995 0.354
1996 0.361
1997 0.322
1998 0.287
1999 0.356
2000 0.339
2001 0.309
2002 0.297
2003 0.278
2004 0.276
2005 0.282
2006 0.249
2007 0.244
2008 0.302
2009 0.310
2010 0.300
2011 0.253
2012 0.246
2013 0.232
2014 0.226
2015 0.220
2016 0.213
2017 0.208
2018 0.202

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Senegal was 16.62 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 19.89 in 2009, while its lowest value was 13.95 in 1998.

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 15.23
1962 15.23
1963 15.75
1964 15.75
1965 16.27
1966 16.27
1967 16.79
1968 17.66
1969 16.55
1970 16.35
1971 16.77
1972 16.77
1973 17.03
1974 17.29
1975 17.29
1976 17.28
1977 16.23
1978 16.22
1979 16.22
1980 16.21
1981 16.21
1982 16.19
1983 16.18
1984 16.17
1985 16.15
1986 16.14
1987 16.12
1988 16.09
1989 16.07
1990 16.06
1991 15.44
1992 15.81
1993 16.01
1994 16.51
1995 15.98
1996 16.71
1997 15.26
1998 13.95
1999 17.70
2000 17.25
2001 16.10
2002 15.84
2003 15.23
2004 15.51
2005 16.24
2006 14.73
2007 14.80
2008 18.80
2009 19.89
2010 19.74
2011 17.14
2012 17.14
2013 16.62
2014 16.62
2015 16.62
2016 16.62
2017 16.62
2018 16.62

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use