Africa Agricultural Land (%) Ranking (2022)

In 2022, agricultural land (%) in Africa was highest in Côte d'Ivoire at 84.16%, followed by Burundi at 82.81% and Rwanda at 81.25%. The average agricultural land (%) across countries in Africa was 47.11%, the median was 46.39%, and the Seychelles recorded the lowest agricultural land (%) at 3.37%, according to the World Bank.

Data is available for the period 1961 to 2022 across 54 countries in Africa.

Frequency : Yearly
Rank Country Current Value Previous Value Year
1 84.16% 84.39% 2022
2 82.81% 81.89% 2022
3 81.25% 81.25% 2022
4 80.14% 80.14% 2022
5 79.42% 79.42% 2022
6 76.65% 76.59% 2022
7 73.51% 73.51% 2022
8 71.89% 71.89% 2022
9 71.47% 71.47% 2022
10 70.34% 70.34% 2022
11 70.29% 70.29% 2022
12 70.23% 70.23% 2022
13 69.98% 69.62% 2022
14 69.48% 69.48% 2022
15 67.87% 67.87% 2022
16 64.17% 64.17% 2022
17 62.72% 62.72% 2022
18 62.65% 62.65% 2022
19 62.44% 62.44% 2022
20 60.31% 60.31% 2022
21 55.39% 55.39% 2022
22 54.71% 54.71% 2022
23 53.24% 52.69% 2022
24 52.66% 52.66% 2022
25 49.73% 49.99% 2022
26 49.4% 49.4% 2022
27 47.14% 47.14% 2022
28 45.63% 45.63% 2022
29 44.71% 44.71% 2022
30 44.62% 44.62% 2022
31 43.75% 43.75% 2022
32 43.06% 41% 2022
33 43.06% 43.06% 2022
34 39.98% 39.98% 2022
35 39.49% 39.39% 2022
36 38.53% 38.53% 2022
37 36.81% 36.81% 2022
38 36.78% 36.78% 2022
39 35.47% 35.43% 2022
40 34.08% 34.35% 2022
41 32.07% 32.07% 2022
42 31.29% 31.25% 2022
43 30.05% 29.87% 2022
44 20.63% 20.63% 2022
45 19.97% 19.97% 2022
46 19.6% 19.6% 2022
47 17.34% 17.33% 2022
48 15.51% 15.14% 2022
49 9.03% 9% 2022
50 8.72% 8.72% 2022
51 8.36% 8.36% 2022
52 4.08% 4.05% 2022
53 3.74% 3.74% 2022
54 3.37% 3.37% 2022
Africa Agricultural Land (%) Ranking (2022) : Definition
Agricultural Land (%) measures the percentage of a country's total land area used for agriculture in the reporting year.