Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 4.48 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 4.48 million ha for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.2% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Africa peaked at 4.48 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 253,500 ha, in 1983.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 427,322 ha | 321,000 ha | 565,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 567,921 ha | 356,500 ha | 727,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 304,280 ha | 253,500 ha | 370,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 647,950 ha | 306,450 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.75 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 2.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.19 million ha | 2.44 million ha | 4.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.86 million ha | 3.41 million ha | 4.48 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Africa?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Africa was 4.48 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.48 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 253,500 ha in 1983.
- How does Africa rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 1st out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.