Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 21,083 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Africa stood at 21,083 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Africa peaked at 21,232 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,253 ha, in 1962.
Africa ranks 16th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,471 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,253 ha | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 3,381 ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 3,665 ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 3,932 ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 4,063 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 3,672 ha | -9.6% |
| 1968 | 4,841 ha | +31.8% |
| 1969 | 4,857 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 4,981 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 4,786 ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 5,519 ha | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 5,187 ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 5,470 ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 6,364 ha | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 7,088 ha | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 7,403 ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 7,595 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 8,032 ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 8,109 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 8,600 ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 8,591 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 9,074 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 8,956 ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 9,432 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 10,629 ha | +12.7% |
| 1987 | 10,220 ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 10,746 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 10,391 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 12,333 ha | +18.7% |
| 1991 | 13,007 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 13,283 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 11,966 ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 12,140 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 13,358 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 13,341 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 12,505 ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 12,628 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 12,709 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 11,951 ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 11,854 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 12,632 ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 14,393 ha | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 13,654 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 14,043 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 14,940 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 13,713 ha | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 14,063 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 14,414 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 15,761 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 20,597 ha | +30.7% |
| 2012 | 17,971 ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 15,952 ha | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 16,952 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 18,980 ha | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 18,156 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 16,662 ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 17,622 ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 18,031 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 18,514 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 19,115 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 19,783 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 21,232 ha | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 21,083 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,904 ha | 3,253 ha | 4,857 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,242 ha | 4,786 ha | 8,032 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,475 ha | 8,109 ha | 10,746 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,727 ha | 11,966 ha | 13,358 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,566 ha | 11,854 ha | 14,940 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,668 ha | 15,761 ha | 20,597 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,945 ha | 18,514 ha | 21,232 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Africa?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Africa was 21,083 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 21,232 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,253 ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 16th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.