Apricots — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Apricots — Area harvested was 5,376 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 5,376 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 35.5% on the previous year and down 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 14,500 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 25th of 80 countries 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.
Apricots — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 12,300 ha | — |
| 1986 | 12,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13,100 ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 13,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 13,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 13,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 13,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 14,300 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 14,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 13,700 ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 13,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 13,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 13,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 13,927 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 13,921 ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 13,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 12,500 ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 12,580 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 12,490 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 12,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 11,750 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 11,341 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 11,187 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 11,196 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 12,244 ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 12,505 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 12,225 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 12,298 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 12,360 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 12,426 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 12,964 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 11,419 ha | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 11,153 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 11,073 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 10,594 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 10,528 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 9,288 ha | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 8,334 ha | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 5,376 ha | -35.5% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 5,376 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,376 ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 5,376 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,822 ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -35.5% | 8,334 ha | 5,376 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,340 ha | 0 ha | 13,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,853 ha | 13,500 ha | 14,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,266 ha | 11,187 ha | 13,921 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,067 ha | 11,073 ha | 12,964 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,824 ha | 5,376 ha | 10,594 ha | 5 |
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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 apricots — area harvested in Morocco?
- Apricots — area harvested in Morocco was 5,376 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 14,500 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 25th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.