Countries in Africa by arable land
The share of the land that is ploughed and sown with crops that are replanted, or left fallow for a while. 54 countries in Africa, highest first. World Bank, 2023
Median country
10.8%
half above, half below| # | Country | % of land | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Burundi | 51.4% | Eastern Africa |
| 2 |  Togo | 48.7% | Western Africa |
| 3 |  Rwanda | 47.0% | Eastern Africa |
| 4 |  Gambia | 43.5% | Western Africa |
| 5 |  Malawi | 42.4% | Eastern Africa |
| 6 |  Nigeria | 40.5% | Western Africa |
| 7 |  Mauritius | 37.6% | Eastern Africa |
| 8 |  Comoros | 34.9% | Eastern Africa |
| 9 |  Uganda | 34.4% | Eastern Africa |
| 10 |  Benin | 31.4% | Western Africa |
| 11 |  Burkina Faso | 28.9% | Western Africa |
| 12 |  Guinea | 24.4% | Western Africa |
| 13 |  Sierra Leone | 21.9% | Western Africa |
| 14 |  Ghana | 20.7% | Western Africa |
| 15 |  Senegal | 19.9% | Western Africa |
| 16 |  Tunisia | 18.2% | Northern Africa |
| 17 |  Morocco | 15.4% | Northern Africa |
| 18 |  Tanzania | 15.2% | Eastern Africa |
| 19 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 15.1% | Western Africa |
| 20 |  Ethiopia | 14.5% | Eastern Africa |
| 21 |  Guinea-Bissau | 14.1% | Western Africa |
| 22 |  Niger | 14.0% | Western Africa |
| 23 |  Cameroon | 13.1% | Middle Africa |
| 24 |  Cabo Verde | 12.4% | Western Africa |
| 25 |  Lesotho | 11.8% | Southern Africa |
| 26 |  Kenya | 11.4% | Eastern Africa |
| 27 |  Sudan | 11.2% | Northern Africa |
| 28 |  Zimbabwe | 10.4% | Eastern Africa |
| 29 |  Eswatini | 10.3% | Southern Africa |
| 30 |  South Africa | 9.9% | Southern Africa |
| 31 |  Mozambique | 7.2% | Eastern Africa |
| 32 |  Mali | 6.8% | Western Africa |
| 33 |  DR Congo | 6.6% | Middle Africa |
| 34 |  Eritrea | 5.7% | Eastern Africa |
| =35 |  Liberia | 5.2% | Western Africa |
| =35 |  Madagascar | 5.2% | Eastern Africa |
| 37 |  Zambia | 5.1% | Eastern Africa |
| 38 |  Angola | 4.3% | Middle Africa |
| =39 |  Chad | 4.2% | Middle Africa |
| =39 |  São Tomé and Principe | 4.2% | Middle Africa |
| 41 |  South Sudan | 3.9% | Eastern Africa |
| 42 |  Algeria | 3.2% | Northern Africa |
| 43 |  Egypt | 3.1% | Northern Africa |
| 44 |  Central African Republic | 2.9% | Middle Africa |
| 45 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1.9% | Middle Africa |
| 46 |  Somalia | 1.8% | Eastern Africa |
| 47 |  Congo | 1.6% | Middle Africa |
| 48 |  Gabon | 1.3% | Middle Africa |
| =49 |  Libya | 1.0% | Northern Africa |
| =49 |  Namibia | 1.0% | Southern Africa |
| 51 |  Botswana | 0.5% | Southern Africa |
| 52 |  Mauritania | 0.4% | Western Africa |
| 53 |  Seychelles | 0.3% | Eastern Africa |
| 54 |  Djibouti | 0.1% | Eastern Africa |
Questions
- Which country in Africa has the most arable land?
- Burundi has the most arable land in Africa: 51.4% of the land arable (2023). Next come Togo (48.7% of the land arable) and Rwanda (47.0% of the land arable).
- Which country in Africa has the least arable land?
- Djibouti, with 0.1% of the land arable (2023).
- What is the typical arable land of a country in Africa?
- The median of the 54 countries in Africa is 10.8% of the land arable: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
- Where do the figures come from?
- The share of the land that is ploughed and sown with crops that are replanted, or left fallow for a while. Source: World Bank, 2023. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.
Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.