Sub-Saharan Africa
Agricultural land (% of land area)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Cote d'Ivoire leads Agricultural land (% of land area) in 2023 at 86.48%, while Seychelles sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 3.37%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.021.643.264.986.5Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire: 86.48%86.5BurundiBurundi: 83.89%83.9South AfricaSouth Africa: 79.42%79.4LesothoLesotho: 77.76%77.8RwandaRwanda: 76.33%76.3NigeriaNigeria: 76.20%76.2GuineaGuinea: 73.23%73.2UgandaUganda: 71.89%71.9ComorosComoros: 71.47%71.5Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 70.34%70.3MadagascarMadagascar: 70.29%70.3TogoTogo: 70.23%70.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Cote d'Ivoire 86.48%
2 Burundi 83.89%
3 South Africa 79.42%
4 Lesotho 77.76%
5 Rwanda 76.33%
6 Nigeria 76.20%
7 Guinea 73.23%
8 Uganda 71.89%
9 Comoros 71.47%
10 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 70.34%
11 Madagascar 70.29%
12 Togo 70.23%
13 Eswatini 69.48%
14 Malawi 64.17%
15 Eritrea 62.65%
16 Gambia, The 62.65%
17 Sudan 60.31%
18 Ghana 55.39%
19 Sierra Leone 54.71%
20 Burkina Faso 53.40%
21 Mozambique 52.79%
22 Kenya 49.53%
23 Senegal 49.40%
24 Namibia 47.14%
25 Botswana 45.63%
26 South Sudan 44.86%
27 Sao Tome and Principe 44.79%
28 Tanzania 44.62%
29 Mauritius 43.04%
30 Benin 41.83%
31 Zimbabwe 41.79%
32 Chad 39.98%
33 Mauritania 38.53%
34 Angola 36.95%
35 Niger 36.79%
36 Mali 35.47%
37 Ethiopia 34.08%
38 Zambia 32.07%
39 Congo, Rep. 31.19%
40 Guinea-Bissau 29.89%
41 Cameroon 20.94%
42 Liberia 19.97%
43 Cabo Verde 19.60%
44 Congo, Dem. Rep. 15.48%
45 Central African Republic 9.10%
46 Gabon 8.36%
47 Equatorial Guinea 3.73%
48 Seychelles 3.37%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Agricultural land (% of land area) in 2023, Cote d'Ivoire leads with a gap of 2.59% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Seychelles at 3.37%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.