Arable land in Tanzania
Tanzania: Arable land was 0.2027 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land in Tanzania, 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
Tanzania recorded 0.2027 hectares per person for arable land in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Tanzania peaked at 0.5648 hectares per person in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.2027 hectares per person, in 2023.
That places Tanzania 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5061 hectares per person | 0.4602 hectares per person | 0.5648 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.455 hectares per person | 0.4034 hectares per person | 0.5188 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3839 hectares per person | 0.3538 hectares per person | 0.4169 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3014 hectares per person | 0.2613 hectares per person | 0.3447 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.249 hectares per person | 0.2303 hectares per person | 0.266 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2437 hectares per person | 0.2251 hectares per person | 0.2611 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2119 hectares per person | 0.2027 hectares per person | 0.2215 hectares per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More agriculture & rural data for Tanzania
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 63.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 44.53 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 6.52 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 1,961 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 12.79 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Tanzania?
- Arable land in Tanzania was 0.2027 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5648 hectares per person in 1963.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2027 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Tanzania rank for arable land?
- Tanzania ranks 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania 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
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.