Avocados — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Avocados — Area harvested was 32,567 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 32,567 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 34,172 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 8,200 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 8,300 ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 9,450 ha | +13.9% |
| 1966 | 9,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,550 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 10,150 ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 10,750 ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 11,250 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 11,330 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 11,820 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 11,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,970 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 12,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 12,350 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 12,850 ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 14,670 ha | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 14,980 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 15,250 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 15,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 15,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 16,110 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 16,260 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 16,280 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 16,540 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 16,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 17,020 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 16,574 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 17,474 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 17,081 ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 17,713 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 17,794 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 17,262 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 16,887 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 17,185 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 17,465 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 19,682 ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 22,323 ha | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 22,324 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 22,603 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 22,695 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 23,133 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 23,581 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 24,152 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 23,770 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 24,466 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 24,446 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 25,029 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 26,013 ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 25,543 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 26,989 ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 27,790 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 33,405 ha | +20.2% |
| 2016 | 34,172 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 31,919 ha | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 32,218 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 32,713 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 32,911 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 32,847 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 32,320 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 32,444 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 32,567 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,161 ha | 8,200 ha | 10,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,214 ha | 11,250 ha | 14,670 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,059 ha | 14,980 ha | 17,020 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,512 ha | 16,574 ha | 19,682 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,349 ha | 22,323 ha | 24,466 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,579 ha | 25,029 ha | 34,172 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,618 ha | 32,320 ha | 32,911 ha | 5 |
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- Pulses, Total — Production 1.74 million t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Avocados — area harvested in Middle Africa was 32,567 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 34,172 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 12 regions with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.