Drained organic soils — Area in United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania: Drained organic soils — Area was 100,312 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
100,312 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
6th
of 22 countries
All-time high
106,776 ha
in 1999
All-time low
100,312 ha
in 2022
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Area in United Republic of Tanzania, 1990–2024

025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k1990200720241990: 105.9k ha1991: 105.9k ha1992: 105.9k ha1993: 105.9k ha1994: 105.9k ha1995: 105.9k ha1996: 105.9k ha1997: 106.1k ha1998: 106.3k ha1999: 106.8k ha2000: 106.4k ha2001: 106.1k ha2002: 105.8k ha2003: 105.7k ha2004: 105.1k ha2005: 105.2k ha2006: 105.0k ha2007: 104.4k ha2008: 104.0k ha2009: 103.8k ha2010: 103.9k ha2011: 103.7k ha2012: 103.7k ha2013: 103.4k ha2014: 103.3k ha2015: 103.3k ha2016: 101.8k ha2017: 101.7k ha2018: 101.5k ha2019: 100.8k ha2020: 100.8k ha2021: 100.5k ha2022: 100.3k ha2023: 100.3k ha2024: 100.3k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

United Republic of Tanzania recorded 100,312 ha for drained organic soils — area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.

The figure is down 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 106,776 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 100,312 ha, in 2022.

That places United Republic of Tanzania 6th out of 22 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.

Drained organic soils — Area in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils — Area in United Republic of Tanzania, 1990 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1990 105,909 ha
1991 105,909 ha +0.0%
1992 105,909 ha +0.0%
1993 105,909 ha +0.0%
1994 105,909 ha +0.0%
1995 105,931 ha +0.0%
1996 105,900 ha -0.0%
1997 106,080 ha +0.2%
1998 106,283 ha +0.2%
1999 106,776 ha +0.5%
2000 106,425 ha -0.3%
2001 106,053 ha -0.3%
2002 105,794 ha -0.2%
2003 105,661 ha -0.1%
2004 105,122 ha -0.5%
2005 105,208 ha +0.1%
2006 105,028 ha -0.2%
2007 104,426 ha -0.6%
2008 103,989 ha -0.4%
2009 103,818 ha -0.2%
2010 103,853 ha +0.0%
2011 103,722 ha -0.1%
2012 103,668 ha -0.1%
2013 103,369 ha -0.3%
2014 103,256 ha -0.1%
2015 103,256 ha +0.0%
2016 101,764 ha -1.4%
2017 101,678 ha -0.1%
2018 101,464 ha -0.2%
2019 100,790 ha -0.7%
2020 100,766 ha -0.0%
2021 100,456 ha -0.3%
2022 100,312 ha -0.1%
2023 100,312 ha +0.0%
2024 100,312 ha +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 106,052 ha 105,900 ha 106,776 ha 10
2000s 105,152 ha 103,818 ha 106,425 ha 10
2010s 102,682 ha 100,790 ha 103,853 ha 10
2020s 100,432 ha 100,312 ha 100,766 ha 5

Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania

  1. 3 Russian Federation 1.91 million ha compare
  2. 4 Belarus 1.50 million ha compare
  3. 4 Melanesia 459,259 ha compare
  4. 5 Canada 1.38 million ha compare
  5. 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.27 million ha compare
  6. 7 Germany 1.11 million ha compare
  7. 7 Viet Nam 74,654 ha compare
  8. 8 Poland 1.06 million ha compare
  9. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35,397 ha compare
  10. 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,357 ha compare
  11. 9 Mongolia 1.02 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

More climate change data for United Republic of Tanzania

All data for United Republic of Tanzania →

Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area in United Republic of Tanzania?
Drained organic soils — area in United Republic of Tanzania was 100,312 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — area recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 106,776 ha in 1999.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 100,312 ha in 2022.
How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for drained organic soils — area?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 6th out of 22 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — area rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Republic of Tanzania data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Drained organic soils — Area in United Republic of Tanzania. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-area-fao-tier-1/united-republic-of-tanzania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-area-fao-tier-1/united-republic-of-tanzania/">Drained organic soils — Area in United Republic of Tanzania</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.