Avocados — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Avocados — Area harvested was 168,915 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 168,915 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and up 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Africa peaked at 168,915 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,675 ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 6th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,675 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,875 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 12,875 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12,775 ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 13,925 ha | +9.0% |
| 1966 | 14,175 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 14,575 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 15,375 ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 16,525 ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 16,875 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 17,215 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 18,045 ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 18,870 ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 20,085 ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 20,765 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 21,315 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 24,060 ha | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 25,240 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 24,750 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 25,160 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 25,445 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 25,890 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 26,310 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 26,635 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 27,810 ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 29,130 ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 30,020 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 30,730 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 32,400 ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 31,412 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 35,028 ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 33,404 ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 34,711 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 38,884 ha | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 37,548 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 36,314 ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 36,152 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 42,798 ha | +18.4% |
| 1999 | 45,795 ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 59,637 ha | +30.2% |
| 2001 | 50,614 ha | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 54,894 ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 55,657 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 57,926 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 60,256 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 61,168 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 63,067 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 66,189 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 67,706 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 70,741 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 73,069 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 76,213 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 80,586 ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 106,608 ha | +32.3% |
| 2015 | 106,937 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 113,124 ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 114,117 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 126,709 ha | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 130,293 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 146,823 ha | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 149,180 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 152,842 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 161,439 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 168,915 ha | +4.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +32.3% | 80,586 ha | 106,608 ha |
| 2000 | +30.2% | 45,795 ha | 59,637 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,975 ha | 12,675 ha | 16,525 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,722 ha | 16,875 ha | 25,240 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,953 ha | 25,160 ha | 32,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,205 ha | 31,412 ha | 45,795 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,711 ha | 50,614 ha | 67,706 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 99,840 ha | 70,741 ha | 130,293 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,840 ha | 146,823 ha | 168,915 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Indonesia 67,984 ha compare
- 4 Peru 63,111 ha compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 55,817 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 16,744 ha compare
- 6 Haiti 34,225 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,047 ha compare
- 7 Chile 33,025 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,484 ha compare
- 8 Kenya 32,000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 5,850 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,305 ha compare
- 9 Caribbean 91,541 ha compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 29,630 ha compare
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Africa?
- Avocados — area harvested in Africa was 168,915 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 168,915 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,675 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.4%. 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 Avocados — 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.