Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 2,673 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 2,673 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 3,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1994.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,720 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,794 ha | 2,738 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,773 ha | 2,736 ha | 2,803 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,717 ha | 2,673 ha | 2,766 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 3 Brazil 450,237 ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 439,322 ha compare
- 5 Ghana 408,433 ha compare
- 6 Nigeria 170,224 ha compare
- 7 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 8 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 124,274 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 511,443 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa was 2,673 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1994.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 6th out of 6 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle 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.