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Ethiopia: Arable land (% of land area)

14.61percent · 2024+5.2% since 2014

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Annual figures for Ethiopia from 1993 to 2024.

19932024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.615
202314.615
202214.61
202114.637
202014.424
201914.419
201814.415
201714.221
201614.109
201513.999
201413.889
201313.778
201213.667
201113.531
201012.97
200912.421
200812.116
200712.501
200611.929
200511.419
200411.011
200310.928
20029.853
20019.798
20009.83
19999.812
19989.927
19979.89
19969.906
19959.919
19949.932
199310

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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