Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 12,031 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Morocco stood at 12,031 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 24,250 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 20th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1966 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,800 ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 6,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 7,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 7,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 7,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 7,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 7,100 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 7,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 7,977 ha | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 8,093 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 8,699 ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 9,230 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 9,060 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 8,763 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 9,027 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 10,370 ha | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 10,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 10,220 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 9,695 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 10,180 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 8,970 ha | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 9,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 11,500 ha | +27.8% |
| 2004 | 11,202 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 16,210 ha | +44.7% |
| 2006 | 10,430 ha | -35.7% |
| 2007 | 8,487 ha | -18.6% |
| 2008 | 9,837 ha | +15.9% |
| 2009 | 9,488 ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 12,829 ha | +35.2% |
| 2011 | 12,944 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 14,264 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 14,014 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 15,831 ha | +13.0% |
| 2015 | 15,177 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 13,033 ha | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 14,081 ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 14,702 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 13,476 ha | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 24,250 ha | +79.9% |
| 2021 | 12,728 ha | -47.5% |
| 2022 | 10,976 ha | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 13,609 ha | +24.0% |
| 2024 | 12,031 ha | -11.6% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 12,031 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,053 ha, 3.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 12,031 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 699 ha, 17.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +79.9% | 13,476 ha | 24,250 ha |
| 1964 | +75.0% | 4,000 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 2021 | -47.5% | 24,250 ha | 12,728 ha |
| 1965 | -42.9% | 7,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2005 | +44.7% | 11,202 ha | 16,210 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,456 ha | 3,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,020 ha | 5,500 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,288 ha | 7,000 ha | 7,977 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,366 ha | 8,093 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,530 ha | 8,487 ha | 16,210 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,035 ha | 12,829 ha | 15,831 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,719 ha | 10,976 ha | 24,250 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Morocco?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Morocco was 12,031 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 24,250 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 20th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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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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.