Land use/Land cover

Area 1988

Area 2000

Area 2018

ha

%

ha

%

ha

%

Body of water

295

0.27

940

0.88

1545

1.44

Swamps

1371

1.28

1873

1.75

2390

2.23

Riparians

5735

5.34

8771

8.17

11,795

10.99

Forests

3385

3.15

2350

2.19

1315

1.23

Savannahs

30,136

28.08

21,620

20.14

13,101

12.21

Plantations

23,070

21.49

29,739

27.71

36,440

33.95

Crops and fallows

39,549

36.85

36,703

34.2

33,848

31.54

Urbans

3792

3.53

5337

4.97

6899

6.43

Total

107,333

100

107,333

100

107,333

100