Canary seed — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Canary seed — Area harvested was 33 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Canary seed — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 33 ha for canary seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, canary seed — area harvested in Africa peaked at 74,600 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1991.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Canary seed — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1970 | 30,000 ha | +57.9% |
| 1971 | 38,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1972 | 25,000 ha | -34.2% |
| 1973 | 20,800 ha | -16.8% |
| 1974 | 23,600 ha | +13.5% |
| 1975 | 22,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 74,600 ha | +239.1% |
| 1977 | 35,200 ha | -52.8% |
| 1978 | 33,400 ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 13,500 ha | -59.6% |
| 1980 | 10,700 ha | -20.7% |
| 1981 | 7,500 ha | -29.9% |
| 1982 | 10,100 ha | +34.7% |
| 1983 | 8,700 ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 4,300 ha | -50.6% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +34.9% |
| 1986 | 5,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 ha | — |
| 1993 | 0 ha | — |
| 1994 | 0 ha | — |
| 1995 | 0 ha | — |
| 1996 | 0 ha | — |
| 1997 | 0 ha | — |
| 1998 | 0 ha | — |
| 1999 | 0 ha | — |
| 2000 | 0 ha | — |
| 2001 | 0 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0 ha | — |
| 2003 | 0 ha | — |
| 2004 | 0 ha | — |
| 2005 | 0 ha | — |
| 2006 | 0 ha | — |
| 2007 | 0 ha | — |
| 2008 | 25 ha | — |
| 2009 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 38 ha | +26.7% |
| 2011 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 35 ha | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 33 ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 35 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33 ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 35 ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 33 ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,333 ha | 8,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,610 ha | 13,500 ha | 74,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,370 ha | 3,000 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 300 ha | 0 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.5 ha | 0 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.8 ha | 33 ha | 38 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.4 ha | 33 ha | 35 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is canary seed — area harvested in Africa?
- Canary seed — area harvested in Africa was 33 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest canary seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 74,600 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest canary seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1991.
- How does Africa rank for canary seed — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is canary seed — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Canary seed — 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.