Zambia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Zambia was 3,800,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,800,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,213,000 in 1982.

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 2,549,000
1962 2,552,000
1963 2,576,000
1964 2,601,000
1965 2,604,000
1966 2,658,000
1967 2,672,000
1968 2,705,000
1969 2,734,000
1970 2,763,000
1971 2,892,000
1972 3,060,000
1973 2,912,000
1974 2,940,000
1975 2,925,000
1976 3,048,000
1977 2,881,000
1978 2,722,000
1979 2,306,000
1980 2,332,000
1981 2,271,000
1982 2,213,000
1983 2,325,000
1984 2,316,000
1985 2,408,000
1986 2,468,000
1987 2,568,000
1988 2,691,000
1989 3,028,000
1990 2,891,000
1991 2,755,000
1992 2,779,000
1993 2,780,000
1994 2,850,000
1995 2,649,000
1996 2,875,000
1997 2,808,000
1998 2,695,000
1999 2,895,000
2000 2,816,000
2001 2,722,000
2002 2,582,000
2003 2,874,000
2004 2,862,000
2005 2,727,000
2006 3,013,000
2007 2,949,000
2008 3,052,000
2009 3,550,000
2010 3,400,000
2011 3,600,000
2012 3,800,000
2013 3,700,000
2014 3,800,000
2015 3,800,000
2016 3,800,000
2017 3,800,000
2018 3,800,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Zambia was 0.219 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.806 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.219 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 0.806
1962 0.783
1963 0.767
1964 0.751
1965 0.729
1966 0.722
1967 0.704
1968 0.690
1969 0.676
1970 0.661
1971 0.670
1972 0.685
1973 0.630
1974 0.615
1975 0.592
1976 0.596
1977 0.545
1978 0.498
1979 0.408
1980 0.399
1981 0.375
1982 0.353
1983 0.359
1984 0.346
1985 0.348
1986 0.345
1987 0.348
1988 0.354
1989 0.387
1990 0.360
1991 0.334
1992 0.329
1993 0.321
1994 0.321
1995 0.291
1996 0.308
1997 0.293
1998 0.273
1999 0.285
2000 0.270
2001 0.255
2002 0.235
2003 0.255
2004 0.248
2005 0.230
2006 0.248
2007 0.236
2008 0.238
2009 0.269
2010 0.250
2011 0.257
2012 0.263
2013 0.248
2014 0.247
2015 0.239
2016 0.232
2017 0.225
2018 0.219

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Zambia was 5.11 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 5.11 in 2018, while its lowest value was 2.98 in 1982.

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 3.43
1962 3.43
1963 3.47
1964 3.50
1965 3.50
1966 3.58
1967 3.59
1968 3.64
1969 3.68
1970 3.72
1971 3.89
1972 4.12
1973 3.92
1974 3.95
1975 3.93
1976 4.10
1977 3.88
1978 3.66
1979 3.10
1980 3.14
1981 3.05
1982 2.98
1983 3.13
1984 3.12
1985 3.24
1986 3.32
1987 3.45
1988 3.62
1989 4.07
1990 3.89
1991 3.71
1992 3.74
1993 3.74
1994 3.83
1995 3.56
1996 3.87
1997 3.78
1998 3.63
1999 3.89
2000 3.79
2001 3.66
2002 3.47
2003 3.87
2004 3.85
2005 3.67
2006 4.05
2007 3.97
2008 4.11
2009 4.78
2010 4.57
2011 4.84
2012 5.11
2013 4.98
2014 5.11
2015 5.11
2016 5.11
2017 5.11
2018 5.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use