Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 226,839 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 226,839 ha for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.2% on the previous year and down 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 545,300 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 226,839 ha, in 2024.
Northern Africa ranks 12th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 371,691 ha | — |
| 1962 | 414,919 ha | +11.6% |
| 1963 | 425,325 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 413,182 ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 399,953 ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 423,381 ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 380,168 ha | -10.2% |
| 1968 | 330,828 ha | -13.0% |
| 1969 | 397,349 ha | +20.1% |
| 1970 | 400,776 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 395,168 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 512,343 ha | +29.7% |
| 1973 | 501,764 ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 458,799 ha | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 462,086 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 444,799 ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 414,627 ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 440,778 ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 456,122 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 415,593 ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 364,510 ha | -12.3% |
| 1982 | 359,371 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 439,236 ha | +22.2% |
| 1984 | 464,606 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 545,300 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 484,115 ha | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 504,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 479,630 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 491,340 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 501,285 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 463,545 ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 534,101 ha | +15.2% |
| 1993 | 361,312 ha | -32.4% |
| 1994 | 418,478 ha | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 374,366 ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 418,894 ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 428,844 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 442,857 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 405,567 ha | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 388,720 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 422,068 ha | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 419,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 397,863 ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 397,791 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 378,236 ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 393,854 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 423,114 ha | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 412,481 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 421,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 439,049 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 421,177 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 392,963 ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 416,568 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 391,532 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 378,338 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 282,015 ha | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 310,855 ha | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 299,328 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 287,177 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 260,073 ha | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 260,795 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 229,582 ha | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 252,610 ha | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 226,839 ha | -10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 395,200 ha | 330,828 ha | 425,325 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 448,726 ha | 395,168 ha | 512,343 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 454,850 ha | 359,371 ha | 545,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 434,925 ha | 361,312 ha | 534,101 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 405,483 ha | 378,236 ha | 423,114 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 361,900 ha | 282,015 ha | 439,049 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 245,980 ha | 226,839 ha | 260,795 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Northern Africa was 226,839 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 545,300 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 226,839 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern Africa rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse 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.