Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 1.09 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Angola is 1.09 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Angola peaked at 1.23 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 340,000 ha, in 1979.
That places Angola 4th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 400,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 420,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 450,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 430,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 400,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 380,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 360,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 360,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 360,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 340,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 340,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 340,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 340,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 350,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 370,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 400,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 410,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 420,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 400,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 400,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 388,571 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 407,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 440,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 440,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 406,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 500,000 ha | +23.2% |
| 1996 | 520,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 526,249 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 576,113 ha | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 523,179 ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 534,150 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 573,427 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 592,598 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 720,430 ha | +21.6% |
| 2004 | 683,639 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 748,647 ha | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 771,072 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 843,271 ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 679,167 ha | -19.5% |
| 2009 | 845,259 ha | +24.5% |
| 2010 | 889,619 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 1.07 million ha | +20.6% |
| 2012 | 1.06 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 755,874 ha | -35.3% |
| 2015 | 762,593 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.23 million ha | +61.2% |
| 2017 | 1.01 million ha | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 944,152 ha | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 945,328 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 965,264 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.02 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 1.04 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.08 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 1.09 million ha | +0.8% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 1.09 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 150,434 ha, 7.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Angola's 1.09 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 11.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +61.2% | 762,593 ha | 1.23 million ha |
| 2014 | -35.3% | 1.17 million ha | 755,874 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 418,889 ha | 350,000 ha | 450,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 398,000 ha | 340,000 ha | 450,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 377,000 ha | 340,000 ha | 420,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 472,711 ha | 388,571 ha | 576,113 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 699,166 ha | 534,150 ha | 845,259 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 984,069 ha | 755,874 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 million ha | 965,264 ha | 1.09 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 1 Nigeria 10.72 million ha compare
- 2 Thailand 1.42 million ha compare
- 3 Brazil 1.23 million ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.71 million ha compare
- 5 Ghana 1.08 million ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 1.64 million ha compare
- 6 Mozambique 926,390 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 516,694 ha compare
- 7 Uganda 826,544 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Angola?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Angola was 1.09 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 340,000 ha in 1979.
- How does Angola rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 4th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — 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.