Sub-Saharan Africa
Actual and potential available arable land - part 1(2)
  Total area Potential arable land Equiv. potential arable land Equiv. potential arable land as % of total land Actual arable land 1994 % of potent. arable land actually in use Total popu- lation 1994 Agric. popu- lation 1994
Country '000 kmē '000 ha '000 ha % '000 ha % '000 ha '000 ha
Angola 1 248 88 105 53 914 44 3 500 4.0 10 674 7 894
Benin 118 9 753 7 862 67 1 880 19.3 5 259 3 173
Botswana 579 9 173 5 045 9 420 4.6 1 416 586
Burkina Faso 276 20 341 15 245 55 3 565 17.5 10 186 9 285
Burundi 28 1 414 851 30 1 180 83.5 5 930 5 652
Cameroon 465 35 910 25 706 56 7 040 19.6 12 833 8 788
CAR 622 47 887 35 250 57 2 020 4.2 3 203 2 544
Chad 1 284 33 051 24 118 19 3 256 9.9 6 161 5 026
Congo D. R. 2 343 22 995 15 626 45 170 0.7 2 518 1 142
Congo Republic 344 167 831 109 645 47 7 900 4.7 43 930 28 263
Cote d'Ivoire 324 26 226 18 700 58 3 710 14.1 13329 7 944
Djibouti 22 0 0 0 0 0.0 585 585
Equatorial Guinea 27 1 646 1 161 43 230 14.0 389 286
Eritrea 122 590 262 2 519 88.0 3 437 2 729
Ethiopia 1 133 42 945 29 220 26 11 012 25.6 53 435 45 746
Gabon 268 17 873 13 212 50 460 2.6 1 046 598
Gambia 12 785 600 55 172 21.9 1 077 866
Ghana 240 18 321 13 233 55 4 320 23.6 16 856 9 661
Guinea 246 13 217 8 912 36 730 5.5 7 092 5 564
Guinea-Buissau 34 2 306 1 500 42 340 14.7 1 047 887
Kenya 591 15 845 9 806 16 4 520 28.5 26 459 21 404
Lesotho 31 362 196 6 320 88.4 1 977 790
Liberia 98 6 294 4 307 44 375 6.0 2 119 2 074
Madagascar 594 35 602 22 793 39 3 105 8.7 14 406 10 971
Malawi 120 6 771 5 099 43 1 700 25.1 9 587 9 367
Mali 1 250 26 513 17 383 14 2 503 9.4 10 462 8 834
Mauritania 1 054 1 381 715 1 208 15.1 2 217 1 105
Mozambique 791 63 544 44 002 55 3 180 5.0 16 636 12 664
Namibia 819 11 889 6 539 8 662 5.6 1 499 688
Niger 1 189 10 278 5 450 5 3 605 35.1 8 846 7 914
Nigeria 914 66 230 47 813 52 32 700 49.4 108 467 41 992
Rwanda 25 746 474 19 1 170 156.8 5 296 7 083
Senegal 197 13 270 9 037 46 2 350 17.7 8 102 6 059
Sierra Leone 72 3 955 2 788 39 540 13.7 4 127 2 947
Somalia 642 2 381 1 016.4 2 1 020 42.8 9 822 6 747
South Africa 1 219 28 097 17 898 15 13 179 46.9 40 552 5 380
Sudan 2 498 86 728 62 945 25 12 975 15.0 26 148 18 706
Swaziland 18 805 471 27 191 23.7 833 289
Tanzania 940 67 285 45 911 49 3 500 5.2 29 172 23 685
Togo 57 4 291 3 044 53 2 430 56.6 3 970 2 513
Uganda 242 14 169 9 784 40 6 800 48.0 19 080 17 233
Zambia 752 58 471 40 559 54 5 273 9.0 7 897 6 788
Zimbabwe 390 24 575 1 4251 37 2 878 11.7 10 936 7 352
Total 24 238 1 109 851 752 344 31 157 608 14.2 569 013 369 804

Sub-Saharan Africa
Actual and potential available arable land - part 2(2)
  Total area Actual arable land/caput agric. population Potential arable land/caput agric. population Equiv. potential arable land/caput agric. population Actual arable land/caput total population Potential arable land Equiv. potential arable land
Country '000 kmē ha ha ha ha per capita per capita
Angola 1 248 0.4 11.2 6.8 0.3 8.3 5.1
Benin 118 0.6 3.1 2.5 0.4 1.9 1.5
Botswana 579 0.7 15.7 8.6 0.3 6.5 3.6
Burkina Faso 276 0.4 2.2 1.6 0.3 2.0 1.5
Burundi 28 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Cameroon 465 0.8 4.1 2.9 0.5 2.8 2.0
CAR 622 0.8 18.8 13.9 0.6 15.0 11.0
Chad 1 284 0.6 6.6 4.8 0.5 5.4 3.9
Congo D. R. 2 343 0.1 20.1 13.7 0.1 9.1 6.2
Congo Republic 344 0.3 5.9 3.9 0.2 3.8 2.5
Cote d'Ivoire 324 0.5 3.3 2.4 0.3 2.0 1.4
Djibouti 22 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Equatorial Guinea 27 0.8 5.8 4.1 0.6 4.2 3.0
Eritrea 122 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Ethiopia 1 133 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.5
Gabon 268 0.8 29.9 22.1 0.4 17.1 12.6
Gambia 12 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.6
Ghana 240 0.4 1.9 1.4 0.3 1.1 0.8
Guinea 246 0.1 2.4 1.6 0.1 1.9 1.3
Guinea-Buissau 34 0.4 2.6 1.7 0.3 2.2 1.4
Kenya 591 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4
Lesotho 31 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Liberia 98 0.2 3.0 2.1 0.2 3.0 2.0
Madagascar 594 0.3 3.2 2.1 0.2 2.5 1.6
Malawi 120 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.5
Mali 1 250 0.3 3.0 2.0 0.2 2.5 1.7
Mauritania 1 054 0.2 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.3
Mozambique 791 0.3 5.0 3.5 0.2 3.8 2.6
Namibia 819 1.0 17.3 9.5 0.4 7.9 4.4
Niger 1 189 0.5 1.3 0.7 0.4 1.2 0.6
Nigeria 914 0.8 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.6 0.4
Rwanda 25 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Senegal 197 0.4 2.2 1.5 0.3 1.6 1.1
Sierra Leone 72 0.2 1.3 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.7
Somalia 642 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
South Africa 1 219 2.4 5.2 3.3 0.3 0.7 0.4
Sudan 2 498 0.7 4.6 3.4 0.5 3.3 2.4
Swaziland 18 0.7 2.8 1.6 0.2 1.0 0.6
Tanzania 940 0.1 2.8 1.9 0.1 2.3 1.6
Togo 57 1.0 1.7 1.2 0.6 1.1 0.8
Uganda 242 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.5
Zambia 752 0.8 8.6 6.0 0.7 7.4 5.1
Zimbabwe 390 0.4 3.3 1.9 0.3 2.2 1.3
Total 24 238 0.4 3.0 2.0 0.3 2.0 1.3