Arable land in Togo
Togo: Arable land was 0.3222 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land in Togo, 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
Togo recorded 0.3222 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 1.9% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Togo peaked at 1.06 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.3222 hectares per person, in 2023.
Togo ranks 29th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9779 hectares per person | 0.8809 hectares per person | 1.06 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.753 hectares per person | 0.6966 hectares per person | 0.8374 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6302 hectares per person | 0.5684 hectares per person | 0.6986 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5247 hectares per person | 0.4822 hectares per person | 0.5573 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4393 hectares per person | 0.3996 hectares per person | 0.4745 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3745 hectares per person | 0.3478 hectares per person | 0.3983 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3312 hectares per person | 0.3222 hectares per person | 0.3403 hectares per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 26 Central African Republic 0.3493 hectares per person compare
- 27 Burkina Faso 0.3434 hectares per person compare
- 28 Mongolia 0.3284 hectares per person compare
- 30 Iceland 0.3137 hectares per person compare
- 31 Poland 0.3053 hectares per person compare
- 32 Isle of Man 0.2785 hectares per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 55.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 4.78 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 1.29 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 1,173 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 1.51 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Togo?
- Arable land in Togo was 0.3222 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 hectares per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3222 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Togo rank for arable land?
- Togo ranks 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.