Afghanistan Arable Land 1961-2024
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.
- Afghanistan arable land for 2021 was 7,829,000, a 0% increase from 2020.
- Afghanistan arable land for 2020 was 7,829,000, a 0.53% increase from 2019.
- Afghanistan arable land for 2019 was 7,788,000, a 0.08% decline from 2018.
- Afghanistan arable land for 2018 was 7,794,000, a 1.23% increase from 2017.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
Hectares |
| Niger |
17,700,000 |
| Ethiopia |
16,314,000 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
13,680,000 |
| Tanzania |
13,502,500 |
| Mali |
8,341,000 |
| Afghanistan |
7,829,000 |
| Uganda |
6,900,000 |
| Burkina Faso |
6,100,000 |
| Mozambique |
5,650,000 |
| Chad |
5,300,000 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
4,660,617 |
| Malawi |
4,000,000 |
| Zimbabwe |
4,000,000 |
| Senegal |
3,830,000 |
| Guinea |
3,100,000 |
| Madagascar |
3,000,000 |
| Benin |
2,800,000 |
| Togo |
2,650,000 |
| South Sudan |
2,394,700 |
| North Korea |
2,295,000 |
| Nepal |
2,113,700 |
| Central African Republic |
1,800,000 |
| Sierra Leone |
1,584,000 |
| Burundi |
1,270,000 |
| Rwanda |
1,268,400 |
| Yemen |
1,158,000 |
| Somalia |
1,100,000 |
| Haiti |
1,005,000 |
| Tajikistan |
838,000 |
| Eritrea |
690,000 |
| Liberia |
500,000 |
| Gambia |
440,000 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
300,000 |
| Comoros |
65,000 |
| Afghanistan Arable Land - Historical Data |
| Year |
Hectares |
Per Capita |
Percent |
| 2021 |
7,829,000 |
0.20 |
12.00% |
| 2020 |
7,829,000 |
0.20 |
12.00% |
| 2019 |
7,788,000 |
0.21 |
11.94% |
| 2018 |
7,794,000 |
0.21 |
11.95% |
| 2017 |
7,699,000 |
0.22 |
11.80% |
| 2016 |
7,729,000 |
0.22 |
11.85% |
| 2015 |
7,765,000 |
0.23 |
11.91% |
| 2014 |
7,771,000 |
0.24 |
11.91% |
| 2013 |
7,785,000 |
0.25 |
11.94% |
| 2012 |
7,790,000 |
0.26 |
11.94% |
| 2011 |
7,791,000 |
0.27 |
11.95% |
| 2010 |
7,793,000 |
0.28 |
11.95% |
| 2009 |
7,793,000 |
0.28 |
11.95% |
| 2008 |
7,794,000 |
0.29 |
11.95% |
| 2007 |
7,794,000 |
0.30 |
11.95% |
| 2006 |
7,794,000 |
0.31 |
11.95% |
| 2005 |
7,805,000 |
0.32 |
11.97% |
| 2004 |
7,816,000 |
0.33 |
11.98% |
| 2003 |
7,772,000 |
0.34 |
11.92% |
| 2002 |
7,678,000 |
0.37 |
11.77% |
| 2001 |
7,683,000 |
0.39 |
11.78% |
| 2000 |
7,683,000 |
0.39 |
11.78% |
| 1999 |
7,653,000 |
0.40 |
11.73% |
| 1998 |
7,757,000 |
0.42 |
11.89% |
| 1997 |
7,685,000 |
0.43 |
11.78% |
| 1996 |
7,647,000 |
0.45 |
11.72% |
| 1995 |
7,653,000 |
0.47 |
11.73% |
| 1994 |
7,703,000 |
0.50 |
11.81% |
| 1993 |
7,824,000 |
0.56 |
12.00% |
| 1992 |
7,910,000 |
0.66 |
12.13% |
| 1991 |
7,910,000 |
0.74 |
12.13% |
| 1990 |
7,910,000 |
0.74 |
12.13% |
| 1989 |
7,910,000 |
0.74 |
12.13% |
| 1988 |
7,910,000 |
0.76 |
12.13% |
| 1987 |
7,910,000 |
0.77 |
12.13% |
| 1986 |
7,910,000 |
0.76 |
12.13% |
| 1985 |
7,910,000 |
0.75 |
12.13% |
| 1984 |
7,910,000 |
0.77 |
12.13% |
| 1983 |
7,910,000 |
0.79 |
12.13% |
| 1982 |
7,910,000 |
0.78 |
12.13% |
| 1981 |
7,910,000 |
0.71 |
12.13% |
| 1980 |
7,910,000 |
0.63 |
12.13% |
| 1979 |
7,910,000 |
0.61 |
12.13% |
| 1978 |
7,910,000 |
0.61 |
12.13% |
| 1977 |
7,910,000 |
0.62 |
12.13% |
| 1976 |
7,910,000 |
0.64 |
12.13% |
| 1975 |
7,910,000 |
0.65 |
12.13% |
| 1974 |
7,910,000 |
0.67 |
12.13% |
| 1973 |
7,910,000 |
0.68 |
12.13% |
| 1972 |
7,910,000 |
0.70 |
12.13% |
| 1971 |
7,900,000 |
0.72 |
12.11% |
| 1970 |
7,870,000 |
0.73 |
12.07% |
| 1969 |
7,860,000 |
0.75 |
12.05% |
| 1968 |
7,844,000 |
0.77 |
12.03% |
| 1967 |
7,844,000 |
0.78 |
12.03% |
| 1966 |
7,835,000 |
0.80 |
12.01% |
| 1965 |
7,800,000 |
0.82 |
11.96% |
| 1964 |
7,800,000 |
0.83 |
11.96% |
| 1963 |
7,750,000 |
0.85 |
11.88% |
| 1962 |
7,700,000 |
0.86 |
11.81% |
| 1961 |
7,650,000 |
0.87 |
11.73% |
