Table 2.

Total grassland area and grassland as proportion of total agricultural land in 1990 and 2010 by sub-Saharan Africa sub-region and change 1990–2010.

	Grassland area (million ha)		Proportion of total agricultural area (%)		Change 1990–2010 (%)
Sub-region	1990	2010	1990	2010	Area	Prop.
Western Africa	172	184	71	65	7	−8
Eastern Africa	246	238	82	77	−3	−6
Central Africa	137	137	85	83	0	−2
Southern Africa	149	151	91	91	1	0

Source: elaborated from FAOSTAT (Land).