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Zimbabwe: Arable land (% of land area)

10.39percent · 2024-0.7% 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 Zimbabwe from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202410.393
202310.393
202210.4
202110.408
202010.416
201910.424
201810.432
201710.44
201610.447
201510.455
201410.463
201310.471
201210.479
201110.857
201010.34
200910.598
200810.986
200710.34
200610.598
200510.081
20049.823
20039.435
20029.435
20019.306
20009.567
19998.93
19988.366
19978.418
19968.591
19958.123
19948.184
19937.495
19927.238
19917.896
19907.748
19897.452
19886.842
19876.603
19866.854
19856.555
19846.415
19836.263
19825.804
19815.589
19805.27
19795.075
19784.964
19774.907
19764.679
19754.564
19744.418
19734.184
19724.036
19713.772
19703.558
19693.395
19683.166
19673.117
19662.943
19652.995
19642.883
19632.797
19622.631
19612.534

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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