Apricots — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Apricots — Area harvested was 50,808 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apricots — area harvested in Africa is 50,808 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Africa peaked at 86,256 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 18,631 ha, in 1964.
Africa ranks 11th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,974 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,997 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 22,917 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 18,631 ha | -18.7% |
| 1965 | 23,078 ha | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 22,012 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 25,622 ha | +16.4% |
| 1968 | 21,122 ha | -17.6% |
| 1969 | 25,012 ha | +18.4% |
| 1970 | 26,622 ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 26,917 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 26,932 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 26,612 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 28,762 ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 30,618 ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 31,035 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 33,925 ha | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 32,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 34,972 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 34,324 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 29,823 ha | -13.1% |
| 1982 | 28,026 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 28,127 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 33,237 ha | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 48,935 ha | +47.2% |
| 1986 | 43,742 ha | -10.6% |
| 1987 | 44,945 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 45,025 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 50,631 ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 49,743 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 52,182 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 49,883 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 52,236 ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 54,037 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 55,414 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 55,655 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 50,072 ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 49,193 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 49,348 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 50,900 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 50,962 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 50,247 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 55,904 ha | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 59,523 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 59,610 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 66,540 ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 66,596 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 69,195 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 69,210 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 83,426 ha | +20.5% |
| 2011 | 86,256 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 83,869 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 82,124 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 72,979 ha | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 75,032 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 71,544 ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 76,901 ha | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 65,254 ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 63,519 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 59,307 ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 59,216 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 58,338 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 55,275 ha | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 50,808 ha | -8.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Area harvested in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +47.2% | 33,237 ha | 48,935 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,152 ha | 18,631 ha | 25,622 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,920 ha | 26,612 ha | 34,972 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,682 ha | 28,026 ha | 50,631 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,776 ha | 49,193 ha | 55,655 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,869 ha | 50,247 ha | 69,210 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,090 ha | 63,519 ha | 86,256 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,589 ha | 50,808 ha | 59,307 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in Africa?
- Apricots — area harvested in Africa was 50,808 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 86,256 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,631 ha in 1964.
- How does Africa rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.