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Agricultural land in Tanzania

Agricultural land in Tanzania was 45.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 83rd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202445.1% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank83rd of 224Countries ranked
Series high45.12022
Series low29.41961

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Agricultural land in Tanzania, 1961 to 2024

25303540455019611971198119912001201120241961: 29.4 %1962: 29.4 %1963: 30.5 %1964: 30.5 %1965: 30.5 %1966: 30.5 %1967: 30.5 %1968: 30.5 %1969: 30.5 %1970: 31.6 %1971: 32.7 %1972: 32.7 %1973: 32.7 %1974: 32.7 %1975: 32.7 %1976: 32.7 %1977: 32.7 %1978: 33.9 %1979: 33.9 %1980: 33.9 %1981: 35 %1982: 35 %1983: 35 %1984: 35 %1985: 36.1 %1986: 36.1 %1987: 36.1 %1988: 36.1 %1989: 36.1 %1990: 35.2 %1991: 35.6 %1992: 36.1 %1993: 36.5 %1994: 36.9 %1995: 37.3 %1996: 37.7 %1997: 38.1 %1998: 38.2 %1999: 38.3 %2000: 38.4 %2001: 38.5 %2002: 38.6 %2003: 38.7 %2004: 39.2 %2005: 39.9 %2006: 40.5 %2007: 41.1 %2008: 41.7 %2009: 42 %2010: 42.2 %2011: 42.5 %2012: 42.7 %2013: 42.9 %2014: 43.2 %2015: 43.4 %2016: 43.6 %2017: 43.9 %2018: 44.1 %2019: 44.4 %2020: 44.7 %2021: 44.7 %2022: 45.1 %2023: 45.1 %2024: 45.1 %25303540455019611983200520241961: 29.4 %1962: 29.4 %1963: 30.5 %1964: 30.5 %1965: 30.5 %1966: 30.5 %1967: 30.5 %1968: 30.5 %1969: 30.5 %1970: 31.6 %1971: 32.7 %1972: 32.7 %1973: 32.7 %1974: 32.7 %1975: 32.7 %1976: 32.7 %1977: 32.7 %1978: 33.9 %1979: 33.9 %1980: 33.9 %1981: 35 %1982: 35 %1983: 35 %1984: 35 %1985: 36.1 %1986: 36.1 %1987: 36.1 %1988: 36.1 %1989: 36.1 %1990: 35.2 %1991: 35.6 %1992: 36.1 %1993: 36.5 %1994: 36.9 %1995: 37.3 %1996: 37.7 %1997: 38.1 %1998: 38.2 %1999: 38.3 %2000: 38.4 %2001: 38.5 %2002: 38.6 %2003: 38.7 %2004: 39.2 %2005: 39.9 %2006: 40.5 %2007: 41.1 %2008: 41.7 %2009: 42 %2010: 42.2 %2011: 42.5 %2012: 42.7 %2013: 42.9 %2014: 43.2 %2015: 43.4 %2016: 43.6 %2017: 43.9 %2018: 44.1 %2019: 44.4 %2020: 44.7 %2021: 44.7 %2022: 45.1 %2023: 45.1 %2024: 45.1 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202445.1 Estimated
202345.1 Estimated
202245.1 Estimated
202144.7 Estimated
202044.7 Estimated
201944.4 Estimated
201844.1 Estimated
201743.9 Estimated
201643.6 Estimated
201543.4 Estimated
201443.2 Estimated
201342.9 Estimated
201242.7 Estimated
201142.5 Estimated
201042.2 Estimated
200942 Estimated
200841.7 Estimated
200741.1 Estimated
200640.5 Estimated
200539.9 Estimated
200439.2 Estimated
200338.7 Estimated
200238.6 Estimated
200138.5 Estimated
200038.4 Estimated
199938.3 Estimated
199838.2 Estimated
199738.1 Estimated
199637.7 Estimated
199537.3 Estimated
199436.9 Estimated
199336.5 Estimated
199236.1 Estimated
199135.6 Estimated
199035.2 Estimated
198936.1 Estimated
198836.1 Estimated
198736.1 Estimated
198636.1 Estimated
198536.1 Estimated
198435 Estimated
198335 Estimated
198235 Estimated
198135 Estimated
198033.9 Estimated
197933.9 Estimated
197833.9 Estimated
197732.7 Estimated
197632.7 Estimated
197532.7 Estimated
197432.7 Estimated
197332.7 Estimated
197232.7 Estimated
197132.7 Estimated
197031.6 Estimated
196930.5 Estimated
196830.5 Estimated
196730.5 Estimated
196630.5 Estimated
196530.5 Estimated
196430.5 Estimated
196330.5 Estimated
196229.4 Estimated
196129.4 Estimated

Tanzania compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Tanzania is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Tanzania, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Tanzania, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/tanzania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Tanzania, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/tanzania.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Tanzania, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/tanzania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Tanzania, 1961 to 2024}},
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  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}
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Agricultural land in Tanzania was 45.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 83rd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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45.1% in 2022, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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