Artichokes — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Artichokes — Area harvested was 35,620 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Artichokes — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 35,620 ha for artichokes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artichokes — area harvested in Africa peaked at 35,620 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,850 ha, in 1985.
That places Africa 6th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Artichokes — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,740 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,540 ha | -8.7% |
| 1963 | 13,640 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 16,260 ha | +19.2% |
| 1965 | 15,540 ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 13,225 ha | -14.9% |
| 1967 | 13,078 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 13,690 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 11,560 ha | -15.6% |
| 1970 | 11,870 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 12,810 ha | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 11,890 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 12,410 ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 12,510 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 12,910 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 14,046 ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 12,191 ha | -13.2% |
| 1978 | 13,476 ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 13,437 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 12,550 ha | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 13,186 ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 8,449 ha | -35.9% |
| 1983 | 6,460 ha | -23.5% |
| 1984 | 6,790 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 5,850 ha | -13.8% |
| 1986 | 6,230 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 7,590 ha | +21.8% |
| 1988 | 7,430 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 7,094 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 7,070 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 6,858 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 6,669 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 6,535 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 7,312 ha | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 8,397 ha | +14.8% |
| 1996 | 8,846 ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 11,228 ha | +26.9% |
| 1998 | 12,788 ha | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 11,079 ha | -13.4% |
| 2000 | 14,356 ha | +29.6% |
| 2001 | 12,512 ha | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 12,058 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 14,063 ha | +16.6% |
| 2004 | 11,364 ha | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 12,089 ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 13,642 ha | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 15,801 ha | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 16,418 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 17,402 ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 17,561 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 18,331 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 28,659 ha | +56.3% |
| 2013 | 25,409 ha | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 24,495 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 21,095 ha | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 21,807 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 30,303 ha | +39.0% |
| 2018 | 27,474 ha | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 27,934 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 29,694 ha | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 30,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 28,354 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 34,432 ha | +21.4% |
| 2024 | 35,620 ha | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,697 ha | 11,560 ha | 16,260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,755 ha | 11,870 ha | 14,046 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,163 ha | 5,850 ha | 13,186 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,678 ha | 6,535 ha | 12,788 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,970 ha | 11,364 ha | 17,402 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,307 ha | 17,561 ha | 30,303 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,640 ha | 28,354 ha | 35,620 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is artichokes — area harvested in Africa?
- Artichokes — area harvested in Africa was 35,620 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 35,620 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,850 ha in 1985.
- How does Africa rank for artichokes — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artichokes — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.4%. 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 Artichokes — 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.