What is agricultural land use in Tanzania?

Agricultural land use in Tanzania was 39.52 million hectares in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest agricultural land use recorded in Tanzania?

The highest recorded value was 39.52 million hectares in 2020.

What is the lowest agricultural land use recorded in Tanzania?

The lowest recorded value was 26.00 million hectares in 1961.

How does Tanzania rank for agricultural land use?

Tanzania ranks 30th out of 226 countries with data for 2023.

Is agricultural land use rising or falling in Tanzania?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Tanzania data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Agricultural land use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Agricultural land use in Tanzania

Name: Agricultural land use in Tanzania
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Tanzania: Agricultural land use was 39.52 million hectares in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

39.52 million hectares

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

30th

of 226 countries

All-time high

39.52 million hectares

in 2020

All-time low

26.00 million hectares

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Agricultural land use in Tanzania, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.

Analysis

Tanzania recorded 39.52 million hectares for agricultural land use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agricultural land use in Tanzania peaked at 39.52 million hectares in 2020 and was at its lowest, 26.00 million hectares, in 1961.

Tanzania ranks 30th of 226 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	26.78 million hectares	26.00 million hectares	27.00 million hectares	9
1970s	29.10 million hectares	28.00 million hectares	30.00 million hectares	10
1980s	31.40 million hectares	30.00 million hectares	32.00 million hectares	10
1990s	32.75 million hectares	31.19 million hectares	33.90 million hectares	10
2000s	35.31 million hectares	34.00 million hectares	37.19 million hectares	10
2010s	38.32 million hectares	37.40 million hectares	39.31 million hectares	10
2020s	39.52 million hectares	39.52 million hectares	39.52 million hectares	4

Countries ranked near Tanzania

27 Colombia 40.48 million hectares compare
28 Mauritania 39.71 million hectares compare
29 Turkmenistan 39.58 million hectares compare
31 Bolivia 38.82 million hectares compare
32 Namibia 38.81 million hectares compare
33 Turkiye 38.59 million hectares compare

See the full ranking of 228 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Tanzania

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.65 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
Rural population 44.53 million (2025)
Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
Rural population 63.1% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 2.5% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
Land under cereal production 6.52 million hectares (2023)

All data for Tanzania →

Frequently asked questions

What is agricultural land use in Tanzania?: Agricultural land use in Tanzania was 39.52 million hectares in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest agricultural land use recorded in Tanzania?: The highest recorded value was 39.52 million hectares in 2020.
What is the lowest agricultural land use recorded in Tanzania?: The lowest recorded value was 26.00 million hectares in 1961.
How does Tanzania rank for agricultural land use?: Tanzania ranks 30th out of 226 countries with data for 2023.
Is agricultural land use rising or falling in Tanzania?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Agricultural land use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Agricultural land use
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 228 places, 13,212 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Land used for cultivation of crops and animal husbandry. The total of areas under cropland and permanent meadows and pastures.