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 12th of 28 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 9 Czechoslovakia 21,422 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 20,889 ha compare
- 11 Spain 17,300 ha compare
- 12 Italy 17,020 ha compare
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 15,005 ha compare
- 14 Pakistan 14,096 ha compare
- 15 Japan 12,900 ha compare
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 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 12th out of 28 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.