Environment in Africa

1,055 indicators covering environment for Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Land area — Area 2.99 million 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% 4th
Agriculture — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha 2024 up 2.4% 4th
Agricultural land — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha 2024 up 2.4% 4th
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 39.6 % 2024 up 2.4% 20th
Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 359.84 USD_PPP/ha 2024 up 24.0% 22nd
Cropland — Area 312,792 1000 ha 2024 up 9.8% 5th
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.39 % 2024 up 7.2% 22nd
Cropland — Share in Land area 10.45 % 2024 up 9.8% 21st
Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap 2024 down 12.5% 13th
Arable land — Area 266,831 1000 ha 2024 up 7.5% 6th
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.51 % 2024 up 4.9% 23rd
Permanent crops — Area 45,962 1000 ha 2024 up 25.6% 4th
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.88 % 2024 up 22.8% 13th
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 872,349 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% 4th
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 73.61 % 2024 down 2.4% 11th
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 29.15 % 2024 down 0.1% 15th
Inland waters — Area 44,434 1000 ha 2024 up 1.3% 10th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 17,555 1000 ha 2024 up 10.7% 18th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 5.61 % 2024 up 0.7% 28th
Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate -2.02 % change on previous year 2024 up 73.9% 21st
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -14.56 % change on previous year 2024 down 116.6% 24th
Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.55 Percentage change 2024 down 431.4% 36th
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.05 Percentage change 2024 down 372.5% 50th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -22.16 % change on previous year 2024 down 132.9% 22nd
Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year 2024 down 92.7% 13th
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.83 % change on previous year 2024 up 27.5% 9th
Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -3.74 % change on previous year 2024 down 172.2% 14th
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.33 % change on previous year 2024 up 37.1% 9th
Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -14.09 % change on previous year 2024 down 416.4% 10th
Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 188,558 1000 USD 2024 down 49.8% 11th
Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 16.43 % change on previous year 2024 up 174.5% 6th
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 276,323 t 2024 down 43.7% 11th
Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -4.64 % change on previous year 2024 down 192.0% 14th
Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 10.13 % change on previous year 2024 up 52.8% 5th
Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year 2024 down 108.3% 21st
Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.44 % change on previous year 2024 up 40.0% 10th
Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -6.85 % change on previous year 2024 down 150.0% 26th
Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.03 % change on previous year 2024 up 209.8% 13th
Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 6.52 % change on previous year 2024 down 58.2% 18th
Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 19.67 % change on previous year 2024 up 20,533.3% 8th
Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -7.92 % change on previous year 2024 down 167.9% 25th
Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate 0.8296 % change on previous year 2024 down 91.0% 15th
Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value, annual growth rate 1.81 % change on previous year 2024 down 80.8% 12th
Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -13.33 % change on previous year 2024 down 170.3% 29th
Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -0.1201 % change on previous year 2024 down 102.7% 26th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Import value, annual growth rate 28.2 % change on previous year 2024 up 7.5% 4th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year 2024 down 121.5% 27th
Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -8.07 % change on previous year 2024 down 165.2% 21st
Sawnwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -0.3941 % change on previous year 2024 down 103.9% 13th
Sawnwood — Import value, annual growth rate 22.32 % change on previous year 2024 down 1.7% 4th
Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate -6.31 % change on previous year 2024 down 128.1% 27th
Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate -0.1271 % change on previous year 2024 down 102.0% 20th
Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year 2024 down 12.5% 13th
Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 0.1439 % change on previous year 2024 down 92.2% 10th
Other industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate 0.1409 % change on previous year 2024 down 92.1% 10th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth -0.1992 % change on previous year 2024 down 102.1% 18th
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, annual growth rate 0.2427 % change on previous year 2024 down 96.7% 16th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -0.0114 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.3% 19th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, annual growth rate -28.7 % change on previous year 2024 down 163.6% 24th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -20.63 % change on previous year 2024 down 146.2% 26th