Cabo Verde: Arable land (hectares)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Cabo Verde's arable land (hectares) did not change 0% on 2023 (from 72,430 to 72,430).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.4% and a typical year strayed about 1.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.7% in 1991. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Cabo Verde had the 152nd highest value of the 205 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Cabo Verde in the 2024 ranking

• Guyana — 149th of 205: 94,830
• Oman — 150th of 205: 93,320
• Fiji — 151st of 205: 76,800
• Mauritius — 153rd of 205: 70,620
• Luxembourg — 154th of 205: 61,284
• Puerto Rico (US) — 155th of 205: 58,760

What this measures

Arable land (in hectares) 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.

Limitations: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries. The data collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.

All 64 values

Arable land (hectares) in nearby economies

• Angola — 4.57 million (2024)
• Benin — 3.65 million (2024)
• Botswana — 260,000 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 7.91 million (2024)
• Burundi — 1.12 million (2024)
• Cameroon — 6.2 million (2024)
• Central African Republic — 1.8 million (2024)
• Chad — 5.3 million (2024)
• Comoros — 55,350 (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 16.52 million (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 550,000 (2024)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More environment data for Cabo Verde

• Rural population — 117,962 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 22.37% (2025)
• Urban population — 409,364 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 77.63% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 40 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 5,547 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 5,587 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -3.3% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 1.58% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 999 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Cabo Verde's arable land (hectares)?

72,430 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is up 90.61% from 38,000 in 1961 (1.03% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 72,430 in 2008 and the lowest 38,000 in 1961.

How does Cabo Verde rank?

152nd highest of 205 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in arable land (hectares) unusual for Cabo Verde?

In 2024, Cabo Verde's arable land (hectares) did not change 0% on 2023 (from 72,430 to 72,430). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.4% and a typical year strayed about 1.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.HA, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original 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) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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