Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 551,117 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 551,117 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.5% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 1.11 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Middle Africa 4th out of 22 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,500 ha | 14,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,400 ha | 16,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 79,200 ha | 48,555 ha | 126,448 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 129,880 ha | 80,366 ha | 202,383 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 306,556 ha | 143,865 ha | 459,956 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 515,605 ha | 308,027 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 492,468 ha | 464,854 ha | 551,117 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 3.25 million ha compare
- 2 Ethiopia PDR 1.37 million ha compare
- 3 Chad 547,440 ha compare
- 4 Poland 121,450 ha compare
- 5 France 109,060 ha compare
- 6 Thailand 99,677 ha compare
- 7 Russian Federation 65,145 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (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 — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Middle Africa was 551,117 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 22 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.
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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.