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.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 452,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450,100 ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 452,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 449,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 448,700 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 451,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 425,390 ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 430,586 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 441,505 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 457,880 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 468,004 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 474,507 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 477,020 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 492,091 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 505,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 512,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 520,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 514,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 516,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 521,342 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 522,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 533,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 562,280 ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 495,887 ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 480,580 ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 502,361 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 463,819 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 457,269 ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 447,668 ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 469,333 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 561,430 ha | +19.6% |
| 1992 | 594,655 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 605,324 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 803,645 ha | +32.8% |
| 1995 | 639,673 ha | -20.4% |
| 1996 | 598,766 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 634,790 ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 771,875 ha | +21.6% |
| 1999 | 663,352 ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 763,847 ha | +15.1% |
| 2001 | 802,905 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 712,453 ha | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 845,666 ha | +18.7% |
| 2004 | 823,547 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 800,709 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 770,558 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 942,784 ha | +22.4% |
| 2008 | 912,295 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 1.22 million ha | +34.1% |
| 2010 | 1.36 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 1.74 million ha | +27.8% |
| 2012 | 1.43 million ha | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 1.71 million ha | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 1.73 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.73 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.73 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.78 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1.75 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.68 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 1.71 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.71 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.73 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.74 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.82 million ha | +4.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested in Middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +34.1% | 912,295 ha | 1.22 million ha |
| 1994 | +32.8% | 605,324 ha | 803,645 ha |
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
- 1 India 11.71 million ha compare
- 2 Brazil 2.63 million ha compare
- 3 Myanmar 2.55 million ha compare
- 4 Mexico 1.37 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.05 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 513,001 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 1.23 million ha compare
- 6 Mozambique 1.21 million ha compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (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 3rd out of 16 groups 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.