Beans, dry — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 1.82 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in Middle Africa is 1.82 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 1.82 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 425,390 ha, in 1967.
That places Middle Africa 9th out of 34 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 444,753 ha | 425,390 ha | 452,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 493,860 ha | 457,880 ha | 520,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 498,681 ha | 447,668 ha | 562,280 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 634,284 ha | 469,333 ha | 803,645 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 859,819 ha | 712,453 ha | 1.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.67 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.74 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 1.82 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 6 Mozambique, Republic of 1.21 million ha compare
- 7 Uganda 863,246 ha compare
- 8 Burundi 747,771 ha compare
- 9 China (People’s Republic of) 738,345 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 732,838 ha compare
- 11 Angola 713,374 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 660,495 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Middle Africa was 1.82 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 425,390 ha in 1967.
- How does Middle Africa rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 9th out of 34 regions with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.