Avocados — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Avocados — Area harvested was 11,770 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — area harvested in Morocco is 11,770 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 352.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 11,770 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 125 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 20th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125 ha | — |
| 1962 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | +100.0% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1988 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 750 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 850 ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 950 ha | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 1,240 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 1,270 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1,290 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 1,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,420 ha | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 1,540 ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 1,600 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1,660 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 1,920 ha | +15.7% |
| 2008 | 1,972 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 2,118 ha | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 1,868 ha | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 2,539 ha | +35.9% |
| 2012 | 2,065 ha | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 3,105 ha | +50.4% |
| 2014 | 2,599 ha | -16.3% |
| 2015 | 3,423 ha | +31.7% |
| 2016 | 3,806 ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 3,505 ha | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 4,449 ha | +26.9% |
| 2019 | 5,069 ha | +13.9% |
| 2020 | 6,745 ha | +33.1% |
| 2021 | 9,301 ha | +37.9% |
| 2022 | 9,608 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 11,106 ha | +15.6% |
| 2024 | 11,770 ha | +6.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 11,770 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,402 ha, 4.9× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 11,770 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,486 ha, 3.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +100.0% | 125 ha | 250 ha |
| 2013 | +50.4% | 2,065 ha | 3,105 ha |
| 2021 | +37.9% | 6,745 ha | 9,301 ha |
| 2011 | +35.9% | 1,868 ha | 2,539 ha |
| 2020 | +33.1% | 5,069 ha | 6,745 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125 ha | 125 ha | 125 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 125 ha | 125 ha | 125 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 237.5 ha | 125 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 839 ha | 500 ha | 1,240 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,609 ha | 1,270 ha | 2,118 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,243 ha | 1,868 ha | 5,069 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,706 ha | 6,745 ha | 11,770 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 17 China 15,106 ha compare
- 17 China, mainland 15,106 ha compare
- 19 Israel 14,368 ha compare
- 21 Ecuador 6,820 ha compare
- 22 Lebanon 6,800 ha compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 5,235 ha compare
- 23 Philippines 5,443 ha compare
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 avocados — area harvested in Morocco?
- Avocados — area harvested in Morocco was 11,770 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 11,770 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 20th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 352.9%. 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 Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.