Apples — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Apples — Area harvested was 47,609 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Morocco, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — area harvested in Morocco stood at 47,609 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 52,550 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9,000 ha, in 1985.
Morocco ranks 15th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 14,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1989 | 17,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | +23.5% |
| 1991 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 23,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 25,600 ha | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 26,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 26,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 27,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 26,100 ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 26,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 28,038 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 27,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 28,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 26,700 ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 26,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 26,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 25,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 25,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 25,936 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 26,752 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 27,334 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 27,314 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 30,073 ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 31,651 ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 41,771 ha | +32.0% |
| 2014 | 43,940 ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 45,207 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 48,671 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 49,498 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 50,589 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 49,731 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 51,871 ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 52,550 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 51,971 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 47,648 ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 47,609 ha | -0.1% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 47,609 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 1.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 47,609 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 2.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +40.0% | 10,000 ha | 14,000 ha |
| 2013 | +32.0% | 31,651 ha | 41,771 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11,800 ha | 9,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 25,254 ha | 21,000 ha | 28,038 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,582 ha | 25,000 ha | 28,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,844 ha | 27,314 ha | 50,589 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,330 ha | 47,609 ha | 52,550 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Morocco?
- Apples — area harvested in Morocco was 47,609 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 52,550 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,000 ha in 1985.
- How does Morocco rank for apples — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 15th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.