Apples — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Apples — Area harvested was 176,807 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 176,807 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Africa peaked at 179,279 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 19,170 ha, in 1963.
Africa ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,300 ha | 19,170 ha | 26,220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,830 ha | 23,520 ha | 31,712 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,733 ha | 34,892 ha | 69,945 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 105,283 ha | 75,105 ha | 124,424 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,203 ha | 120,689 ha | 137,079 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 162,531 ha | 152,191 ha | 179,279 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 175,907 ha | 173,563 ha | 178,756 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Africa?
- Apples — area harvested in Africa was 176,807 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 179,279 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,170 ha in 1963.
- How does Africa rank for apples — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.