Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 365 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Mali is 365 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Mali peaked at 2,500 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Mali 60th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 350 ha | — |
| 1984 | 700 ha | +100.0% |
| 1985 | 2,300 ha | +228.6% |
| 1986 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | -48.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1990 | 650 ha | -35.0% |
| 1991 | 350 ha | -46.2% |
| 1992 | 356 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 406 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 300 ha | -26.1% |
| 1995 | 324 ha | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 216 ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 292 ha | +35.2% |
| 1998 | 329 ha | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 334 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 345 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 338 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 336 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 335 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 339 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 329 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 329 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 320 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 331 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 332 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 332 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 370 ha | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 350 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 351 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 356 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 360 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 356 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 355 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 356 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 358 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 361 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 362 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 363 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 365 ha | +0.6% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 365 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 22,286 ha, 2% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Mali's 365 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,901 ha, 9% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +228.6% | 700 ha | 2,300 ha |
| 1984 | +100.0% | 350 ha | 700 ha |
| 1988 | -48.0% | 2,500 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 1991 | -46.2% | 650 ha | 350 ha |
| 1990 | -35.0% | 1,000 ha | 650 ha |
| 1997 | +35.2% | 216 ha | 292 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,025 ha | 0 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 355.7 ha | 216 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 333.2 ha | 320 ha | 345 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 351.8 ha | 332 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 361.8 ha | 358 ha | 365 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Mali?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Mali was 365 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Mali rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 60th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.