Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 6.30 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — 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, primary — area harvested in Mali is 6.30 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Mali peaked at 6.30 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.13 million ha, in 1978.
Mali ranks 27th 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 Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.56 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.60 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 1.64 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 1.27 million ha | -22.9% |
| 1965 | 1.22 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 1.34 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 1.54 million ha | +15.3% |
| 1968 | 1.32 million ha | -14.3% |
| 1969 | 1.35 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 1.19 million ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 1.18 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 1.19 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 1.32 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1974 | 1.45 million ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 1.48 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 1.74 million ha | +17.5% |
| 1977 | 1.75 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 1.13 million ha | -35.5% |
| 1979 | 1.28 million ha | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 1.33 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 1.43 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 1.63 million ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 1.76 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 1.60 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 1.59 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 1.59 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 1.59 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 2.28 million ha | +43.9% |
| 1989 | 2.30 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 2.44 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 2.29 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 2.45 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 2.92 million ha | +19.1% |
| 1994 | 3.01 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 2.70 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1996 | 2.02 million ha | -25.4% |
| 1997 | 2.01 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.12 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 2.46 million ha | +16.5% |
| 2000 | 2.30 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 2.62 million ha | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 3.19 million ha | +21.9% |
| 2003 | 3.47 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 2.36 million ha | -32.1% |
| 2005 | 3.12 million ha | +32.3% |
| 2006 | 3.28 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 3.53 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 3.45 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 3.36 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 3.67 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 5.52 million ha | +50.2% |
| 2012 | 4.35 million ha | -21.2% |
| 2013 | 4.62 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 4.50 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 5.11 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 5.51 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 5.80 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 5.88 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 5.91 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 6.14 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 6.12 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 6.16 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 6.29 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 6.30 million ha | +0.3% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 6.30 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.51 million ha, 4.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mali's 6.30 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 5.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +50.2% | 3.67 million ha | 5.52 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.43 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.37 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.71 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 2.30 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.44 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 3.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.07 million ha | 2.30 million ha | 3.53 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.09 million ha | 3.67 million ha | 5.91 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.20 million ha | 6.12 million ha | 6.30 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 24 Myanmar 7.97 million ha compare
- 25 Philippines 7.10 million ha compare
- 26 Poland 7.08 million ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 1.64 million ha compare
- 28 Germany 5.74 million ha compare
- 28 Caribbean 701,378 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 124 ha compare
- 29 Spain 5.51 million ha compare
- 30 Romania 5.07 million ha compare
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, primary — area harvested in Mali?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Mali was 6.30 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 6.30 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.13 million ha in 1978.
- How does Mali rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 27th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. 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, 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.