What is the highest arable land recorded in Djibouti?

The highest recorded value was 0.0112 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Djibouti?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 hectares per person in 2005.

How does Djibouti rank for arable land?

Djibouti ranks 199th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Djibouti?

Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Arable land in Djibouti

Name: Arable land in Djibouti
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Djibouti: Arable land was 0.0026 hectares per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)

0.0026 hectares per person

Change on year

down 1.4%

World rank

199th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.0112 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0012 hectares per person

in 2005

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Djibouti, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land in Djibouti stood at 0.0026 hectares per person.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Djibouti peaked at 0.0112 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0012 hectares per person, in 2005.

Djibouti ranks 199th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0092 hectares per person	0.0073 hectares per person	0.0112 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.005 hectares per person	0.0033 hectares per person	0.0069 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.0025 hectares per person	0.0019 hectares per person	0.0031 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0016 hectares per person	0.0014 hectares per person	0.0017 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0014 hectares per person	0.0012 hectares per person	0.0017 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0019 hectares per person	0.0017 hectares per person	0.0021 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0027 hectares per person	0.0026 hectares per person	0.0027 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Djibouti

196 United Arab Emirates 0.0048 hectares per person compare
197 Bermuda 0.0046 hectares per person compare
198 Cayman Islands 0.0027 hectares per person compare
200 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0018 hectares per person compare
201 Kuwait 0.0016 hectares per person compare
202 Bahrain 0.0013 hectares per person compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Djibouti

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2023)
Rural population 27.0% (2025)
Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
Rural population 319,986 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 105.07 million current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 9 hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 2,041 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 17.41 metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Djibouti?: Arable land in Djibouti was 0.0026 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Djibouti?: The highest recorded value was 0.0112 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Djibouti?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 hectares per person in 2005.
How does Djibouti rank for arable land?: Djibouti ranks 199th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Djibouti?: Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Djibouti data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) 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.