Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 61,006 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Africa stood at 61,006 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Africa peaked at 81,694 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11,552 ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,552 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,121 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 27,162 ha | +124.1% |
| 1964 | 23,766 ha | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 14,122 ha | -40.6% |
| 1966 | 20,592 ha | +45.8% |
| 1967 | 13,636 ha | -33.8% |
| 1968 | 15,441 ha | +13.2% |
| 1969 | 17,746 ha | +14.9% |
| 1970 | 18,652 ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 19,210 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 16,980 ha | -11.6% |
| 1973 | 20,270 ha | +19.4% |
| 1974 | 22,050 ha | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 23,920 ha | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 26,294 ha | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 22,485 ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 26,811 ha | +19.2% |
| 1979 | 26,651 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 28,121 ha | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 28,510 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 24,152 ha | -15.3% |
| 1983 | 28,577 ha | +18.3% |
| 1984 | 32,070 ha | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 42,630 ha | +32.9% |
| 1986 | 34,510 ha | -19.0% |
| 1987 | 38,400 ha | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 32,350 ha | -15.8% |
| 1989 | 37,271 ha | +15.2% |
| 1990 | 43,807 ha | +17.5% |
| 1991 | 43,376 ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 41,557 ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 39,175 ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 38,531 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 36,587 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 38,441 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 42,433 ha | +10.4% |
| 1998 | 43,198 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 46,659 ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 45,036 ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 44,094 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 44,469 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 61,612 ha | +38.6% |
| 2004 | 62,016 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 54,450 ha | -12.2% |
| 2006 | 59,997 ha | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 56,506 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 51,902 ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 66,070 ha | +27.3% |
| 2010 | 61,808 ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 58,744 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 80,384 ha | +36.8% |
| 2013 | 81,613 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 81,694 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 79,661 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 76,712 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 73,470 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 72,853 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 73,393 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 78,442 ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 65,124 ha | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 56,747 ha | -12.9% |
| 2023 | 59,291 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 61,006 ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,349 ha | 11,552 ha | 27,162 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,332 ha | 16,980 ha | 26,811 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,659 ha | 24,152 ha | 42,630 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,376 ha | 36,587 ha | 46,659 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,615 ha | 44,094 ha | 66,070 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,033 ha | 58,744 ha | 81,694 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,122 ha | 56,747 ha | 78,442 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Africa?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Africa was 61,006 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 81,694 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,552 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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, green — 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.