Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 141,954 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Africa is 141,954 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Africa peaked at 152,068 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 34,882 ha, in 1965.
Africa ranks 6th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,940 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,742 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 37,169 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 39,176 ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 34,882 ha | -11.0% |
| 1966 | 36,196 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 36,655 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 38,570 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 38,895 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 39,231 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 40,582 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 41,031 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 43,503 ha | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 43,914 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 45,849 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 45,753 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 46,783 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 47,405 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 49,934 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 50,439 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 52,511 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 52,314 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 51,619 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 58,828 ha | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 60,848 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 61,211 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 61,482 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 63,321 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 64,729 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 65,179 ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 76,919 ha | +18.0% |
| 1992 | 80,185 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 73,209 ha | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 79,304 ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 81,319 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 81,954 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 81,514 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 82,441 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 84,410 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 85,633 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 85,167 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 87,699 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 90,539 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 94,488 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 99,045 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 96,951 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 98,189 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 101,472 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 99,752 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 103,608 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 105,780 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 108,906 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 120,250 ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 114,780 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 123,289 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 131,896 ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 136,540 ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 137,042 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 137,952 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 152,068 ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 136,982 ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 141,320 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 141,962 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 141,954 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,136 ha | 34,882 ha | 39,176 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,398 ha | 39,231 ha | 49,934 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 57,730 ha | 50,439 ha | 64,729 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,643 ha | 65,179 ha | 84,410 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,894 ha | 85,167 ha | 101,472 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 122,004 ha | 103,608 ha | 137,952 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 142,857 ha | 136,982 ha | 152,068 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Africa?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Africa was 141,954 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 152,068 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,882 ha in 1965.
- How does Africa rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.