Zimbabwe - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Zimbabwe was 4,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,250,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 1,885,000 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 1,885,000
1962 1,935,000
1963 1,985,000
1964 2,035,000
1965 2,065,000
1966 2,135,000
1967 2,185,000
1968 2,235,000
1969 2,285,000
1970 2,335,000
1971 2,385,000
1972 2,415,000
1973 2,415,000
1974 2,465,000
1975 2,465,000
1976 2,465,000
1977 2,465,000
1978 2,465,000
1979 2,465,000
1980 2,505,000
1981 2,545,000
1982 2,585,000
1983 2,625,000
1984 2,665,000
1985 2,705,000
1986 2,745,000
1987 2,790,000
1988 2,830,000
1989 2,870,000
1990 2,910,000
1991 2,950,000
1992 2,990,000
1993 3,030,000
1994 3,100,000
1995 3,110,000
1996 3,400,000
1997 3,500,000
1998 3,400,000
1999 3,550,000
2000 3,600,000
2001 3,600,000
2002 3,650,000
2003 3,650,000
2004 3,800,000
2005 3,900,000
2006 4,100,000
2007 4,000,000
2008 4,250,000
2009 4,100,000
2010 4,000,000
2011 4,200,000
2012 4,000,000
2013 4,000,000
2014 4,000,000
2015 4,000,000
2016 4,000,000
2017 4,000,000
2018 4,000,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Zimbabwe was 0.277 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.483 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.273 in 1995.

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 0.483
1962 0.479
1963 0.475
1964 0.471
1965 0.462
1966 0.462
1967 0.457
1968 0.452
1969 0.447
1970 0.441
1971 0.435
1972 0.426
1973 0.411
1974 0.405
1975 0.392
1976 0.379
1977 0.367
1978 0.356
1979 0.344
1980 0.338
1981 0.332
1982 0.325
1983 0.318
1984 0.311
1985 0.305
1986 0.298
1987 0.293
1988 0.287
1989 0.283
1990 0.279
1991 0.276
1992 0.274
1993 0.273
1994 0.275
1995 0.273
1996 0.295
1997 0.300
1998 0.289
1999 0.300
2000 0.303
2001 0.302
2002 0.305
2003 0.305
2004 0.316
2005 0.323
2006 0.337
2007 0.326
2008 0.343
2009 0.327
2010 0.315
2011 0.326
2012 0.305
2013 0.300
2014 0.294
2015 0.290
2016 0.285
2017 0.281
2018 0.277

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Zimbabwe was 10.34 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 10.99 in 2008, while its lowest value was 4.87 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 4.87
1962 5.00
1963 5.13
1964 5.26
1965 5.34
1966 5.52
1967 5.65
1968 5.78
1969 5.91
1970 6.04
1971 6.17
1972 6.24
1973 6.24
1974 6.37
1975 6.37
1976 6.37
1977 6.37
1978 6.37
1979 6.37
1980 6.48
1981 6.58
1982 6.68
1983 6.79
1984 6.89
1985 6.99
1986 7.10
1987 7.21
1988 7.32
1989 7.42
1990 7.52
1991 7.63
1992 7.73
1993 7.83
1994 8.01
1995 8.04
1996 8.79
1997 9.05
1998 8.79
1999 9.18
2000 9.31
2001 9.31
2002 9.44
2003 9.44
2004 9.82
2005 10.08
2006 10.60
2007 10.34
2008 10.99
2009 10.60
2010 10.34
2011 10.86
2012 10.34
2013 10.34
2014 10.34
2015 10.34
2016 10.34
2017 10.34
2018 10.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use