What is agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia?

Agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia was 39.63 million hectares in 2025, according to HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest agricultural area over the long-term recorded in Namibia?

The highest recorded value was 40.20 million hectares in 2006.

What is the lowest agricultural area over the long-term recorded in Namibia?

The lowest recorded value was 224,953 hectares in 1000.

How does Namibia rank for agricultural area over the long-term?

Namibia ranks 29th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.

Is agricultural area over the long-term rising or falling in Namibia?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Namibia data come from?

The figures come from HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia

Name: Agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia
Creator: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Namibia: Agricultural area over the long-term was 39.63 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

39.63 million hectares

Change on year

up 0.0%

World rank

29th

of 202 countries

All-time high

40.20 million hectares

in 2006

All-time low

224,953 hectares

in 1000

Years of data

108

1000–2025

Agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia, 1000–2025

Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 39.63 million hectares for agricultural area over the long-term in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia peaked at 40.20 million hectares in 2006 and was at its lowest, 224,953 hectares, in 1000.

Namibia ranks 29th of 202 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 108 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1000s	224,953 hectares	224,953 hectares	224,953 hectares	1
1100s	322,155 hectares	322,155 hectares	322,155 hectares	1
1200s	461,358 hectares	461,358 hectares	461,358 hectares	1
1300s	660,711 hectares	660,711 hectares	660,711 hectares	1
1400s	946,203 hectares	946,203 hectares	946,203 hectares	1
1500s	1.36 million hectares	1.36 million hectares	1.36 million hectares	1
1600s	1.94 million hectares	1.94 million hectares	1.94 million hectares	1
1700s	2.79 million hectares	2.79 million hectares	2.79 million hectares	1
1710s	3.66 million hectares	3.66 million hectares	3.66 million hectares	1
1720s	4.82 million hectares	4.82 million hectares	4.82 million hectares	1
1730s	6.34 million hectares	6.34 million hectares	6.34 million hectares	1
1740s	8.36 million hectares	8.36 million hectares	8.36 million hectares	1
1750s	11.05 million hectares	11.05 million hectares	11.05 million hectares	1
1760s	10.85 million hectares	10.85 million hectares	10.85 million hectares	1
1770s	10.66 million hectares	10.66 million hectares	10.66 million hectares	1
1780s	10.46 million hectares	10.46 million hectares	10.46 million hectares	1
1790s	10.27 million hectares	10.27 million hectares	10.27 million hectares	1
1800s	10.07 million hectares	10.07 million hectares	10.07 million hectares	1
1810s	9.88 million hectares	9.88 million hectares	9.88 million hectares	1
1820s	9.68 million hectares	9.68 million hectares	9.68 million hectares	1
1830s	9.49 million hectares	9.49 million hectares	9.49 million hectares	1
1840s	9.29 million hectares	9.29 million hectares	9.29 million hectares	1
1850s	9.10 million hectares	9.10 million hectares	9.10 million hectares	1
1860s	10.06 million hectares	10.06 million hectares	10.06 million hectares	1
1870s	11.12 million hectares	11.12 million hectares	11.12 million hectares	1
1880s	12.30 million hectares	12.30 million hectares	12.30 million hectares	1
1890s	13.60 million hectares	13.60 million hectares	13.60 million hectares	1
1900s	15.04 million hectares	15.04 million hectares	15.04 million hectares	1
1910s	17.70 million hectares	17.70 million hectares	17.70 million hectares	1
1920s	20.64 million hectares	20.64 million hectares	20.64 million hectares	1
1930s	25.42 million hectares	25.42 million hectares	25.42 million hectares	1
1940s	31.04 million hectares	31.04 million hectares	31.04 million hectares	1
1950s	38.41 million hectares	38.14 million hectares	38.90 million hectares	10
1960s	39.27 million hectares	39.08 million hectares	39.30 million hectares	10
1970s	39.31 million hectares	39.30 million hectares	39.31 million hectares	10
1980s	39.32 million hectares	39.31 million hectares	39.32 million hectares	10
1990s	38.72 million hectares	36.26 million hectares	39.64 million hectares	10
2000s	39.68 million hectares	39.57 million hectares	40.20 million hectares	10
2010s	39.65 million hectares	39.62 million hectares	39.72 million hectares	10
2020s	39.62 million hectares	39.62 million hectares	39.63 million hectares	6

Countries ranked near Namibia

26 Colombia 40.51 million hectares compare
27 Tanzania 39.92 million hectares compare
28 Mauritania 39.71 million hectares compare
30 Bolivia 39.23 million hectares compare
31 Ethiopia 39.20 million hectares compare
32 Turkmenistan 39.02 million hectares compare

See the full ranking of 202 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Namibia

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
Rural population 49.1% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
Land under cereal production 339,089 hectares (2023)

All data for Namibia →

Frequently asked questions

What is agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia?: Agricultural area over the long-term in Namibia was 39.63 million hectares in 2025, according to HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest agricultural area over the long-term recorded in Namibia?: The highest recorded value was 40.20 million hectares in 2006.
What is the lowest agricultural area over the long-term recorded in Namibia?: The lowest recorded value was 224,953 hectares in 1000.
How does Namibia rank for agricultural area over the long-term?: Namibia ranks 29th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
Is agricultural area over the long-term rising or falling in Namibia?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Namibia data come from?: The figures come from HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.