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 45th of 193 countries on this measure, 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 | 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 share gdp 25.24 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.24 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 28.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 11.14 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 5.21 million t (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 45th out of 193 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.