Ethiopia - Arable land

16,314 (thousand hectares) in 2021

In 2021, arable land for Ethiopia was 16,314 thousand hectares. Arable land of Ethiopia increased from 9,853 thousand hectares in 2002 to 16,314 thousand hectares in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 2.76%.

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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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