electricsheepafrica/Africa-Agricultural-land-percentage-of-land-area

Africa Agricultural land (% of land area) Dataset

Overview

This dataset contains agricultural land (% of land area) data for African countries from the World Bank.

Data Details

• Indicator Code: AG.LND.AGRI.ZS
• Description: Agricultural land (% of land area)
• Geographic Coverage: 54 African countries
• Time Period: 1961-2022
• Data Points: 3,182 observations
• Coverage: 90.66% of possible country-year combinations

File Formats

Main Dataset (ag_lnd_agri_zs_africa.csv)

• Rows: 54 countries
• Columns: 65 years (1960-2024)
• Structure: Countries as rows, years as columns
• Missing Value Treatment: Interpolation → Forward Fill → Backward Fill
• Use Case: Cross-sectional analysis, heatmaps, correlation analysis

Data Quality

Coverage Statistics

• Total Observations: 3,182
• Possible Observations: 3,510
• Coverage Rate: 90.66%

Countries with No Data

0 countries have no observations: None

Usage Examples

Python

import pandas as pd

# Load main dataset
df = pd.read_csv('ag_lnd_agri_zs_africa.csv', index_col=[0, 1])

R

# Load main dataset
df <- read.csv('ag_lnd_agri_zs_africa.csv', row.names=c(1,2))

Source

World Bank Open Data - Agricultural land (% of land area)

• Original File: API_AG.LND.AGRI.ZS_DS2_en_excel_v2_20474.xls
• Processed: 2025-08-24

License

This dataset is derived from World Bank Open Data and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.