Ethiopia - Arable land

16,400 (thousand hectares) in 2022

Arable land of Ethiopia declined by 0.19% from 16,431 thousand hectares in 2021 to 16,400 thousand hectares in 2022. Since the 0.02% growth in 2020, arable land grew by 1.27% in 2022.

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What is arable land?

Arable land is the land under temporary agricultural crops (multiple-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not included in this category. Data for “Arable land” are not meant to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable.

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