Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 9,831 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Comoros stood at 9,831 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 10,350 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 6,340 ha, in 1984.
Comoros ranks 49th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,300 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 8,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,900 ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | -20.5% |
| 1977 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 6,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 6,340 ha | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 6,580 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 7,250 ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 8,600 ha | +18.6% |
| 1988 | 8,820 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 8,950 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 9,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 9,911 ha | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 10,332 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 10,350 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 9,355 ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 9,200 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 9,422 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 9,400 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 9,600 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 9,811 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 9,900 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 10,075 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 10,026 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 10,038 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 9,953 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 9,834 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 9,692 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 9,490 ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 9,287 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 9,150 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 9,039 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 8,964 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 8,935 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 8,944 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 9,052 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 9,159 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 9,266 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 9,381 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 9,499 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 9,613 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 9,673 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 9,770 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 9,730 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 9,831 ha | +1.0% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 9,831 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 150,434 ha, 7% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 9,831 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 10% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,189 ha | 8,000 ha | 8,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,850 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,384 ha | 6,340 ha | 8,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,638 ha | 9,000 ha | 10,350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,830 ha | 9,287 ha | 10,075 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,139 ha | 8,935 ha | 9,499 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,723 ha | 9,613 ha | 9,831 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Comoros?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Comoros was 9,831 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 10,350 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,340 ha in 1984.
- How does Comoros rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 49th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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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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.