Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 3.16 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Angola stood at 3.16 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Angola peaked at 3.16 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 603,000 ha, in 1965.
Angola ranks 41st of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 657,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 654,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 645,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 644,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 603,000 ha | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 609,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 632,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 653,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 721,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 632,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1971 | 649,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 658,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 718,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 721,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 721,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 726,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 713,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 712,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 709,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 704,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 700,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 699,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 695,400 ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 688,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 685,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 899,000 ha | +31.1% |
| 1987 | 956,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 1.01 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 982,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 774,281 ha | -21.2% |
| 1991 | 891,200 ha | +15.1% |
| 1992 | 1.01 million ha | +13.5% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million ha | +18.7% |
| 1994 | 955,000 ha | -20.5% |
| 1995 | 737,214 ha | -22.8% |
| 1996 | 795,291 ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 791,198 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 868,838 ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 872,348 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 920,726 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 1.17 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2003 | 1.14 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 1.51 million ha | +32.4% |
| 2005 | 1.57 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1.62 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1.68 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1.16 million ha | -31.3% |
| 2009 | 1.85 million ha | +60.0% |
| 2010 | 1.88 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 2.13 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2012 | 923,950 ha | -56.7% |
| 2013 | 2.06 million ha | +122.5% |
| 2014 | 2.05 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2.06 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2.78 million ha | +35.3% |
| 2017 | 3.07 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 3.03 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 3.04 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 3.13 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 3.08 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 3.08 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.12 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 3.16 million ha | +1.4% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 3.16 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 4.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Angola's 3.16 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 2.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +122.5% | 923,950 ha | 2.06 million ha |
| 2009 | +60.0% | 1.16 million ha | 1.85 million ha |
| 2012 | -56.7% | 2.13 million ha | 923,950 ha |
| 2016 | +35.3% | 2.06 million ha | 2.78 million ha |
| 2008 | -31.3% | 1.68 million ha | 1.16 million ha |
| 2004 | +32.4% | 1.14 million ha | 1.51 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 646,467 ha | 603,000 ha | 721,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 695,900 ha | 632,000 ha | 726,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 801,650 ha | 685,800 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 889,863 ha | 737,214 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.36 million ha | 920,726 ha | 1.85 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.30 million ha | 923,950 ha | 3.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.12 million ha | 3.08 million ha | 3.16 million ha | 5 |
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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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Angola?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Angola was 3.16 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 3.16 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 603,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Angola rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 41st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.