Asparagus — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Asparagus — Area harvested was 327 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in Africa is 327 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.1% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Africa peaked at 12,000 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 186 ha, in 2021.
Africa ranks 19th of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 6,400 ha | -36.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,600 ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,800 ha | -22.2% |
| 1974 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,750 ha | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 1,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | -14.3% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 750 ha | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 560 ha | -25.3% |
| 1991 | 1,678 ha | +199.6% |
| 1992 | 1,372 ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 1,670 ha | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 1,693 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1,694 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,506 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 1,826 ha | +21.2% |
| 1998 | 1,501 ha | -17.8% |
| 1999 | 1,561 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 1,814 ha | +16.2% |
| 2001 | 1,248 ha | -31.2% |
| 2002 | 1,139 ha | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 954 ha | -16.2% |
| 2004 | 1,044 ha | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 935 ha | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 701 ha | -25.0% |
| 2007 | 642 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 661 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 660 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 648 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 554 ha | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 519 ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 535 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 380 ha | -29.0% |
| 2015 | 272 ha | -28.4% |
| 2016 | 271 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 266 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 236 ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 251 ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 195 ha | -22.3% |
| 2021 | 186 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 216 ha | +16.1% |
| 2023 | 289 ha | +33.8% |
| 2024 | 327 ha | +13.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +199.6% | 560 ha | 1,678 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,711 ha | 4,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,755 ha | 1,750 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,150 ha | 750 ha | 1,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,506 ha | 560 ha | 1,826 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 979.8 ha | 642 ha | 1,814 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 393.2 ha | 236 ha | 648 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 242.6 ha | 186 ha | 327 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Africa?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Africa was 327 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 186 ha in 2021.
- How does Africa rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.