Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Togo
Togo: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 1.28 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Togo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Togo recorded 1.28 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Togo peaked at 1.28 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 266,655 ha, in 1974.
Togo ranks 67th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Togo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 373,973 ha | — |
| 1962 | 388,664 ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 427,890 ha | +10.1% |
| 1964 | 453,100 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 524,855 ha | +15.8% |
| 1966 | 647,800 ha | +23.4% |
| 1967 | 533,743 ha | -17.6% |
| 1968 | 428,552 ha | -19.7% |
| 1969 | 322,000 ha | -24.9% |
| 1970 | 397,011 ha | +23.3% |
| 1971 | 385,290 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 290,500 ha | -24.6% |
| 1973 | 325,030 ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 266,655 ha | -18.0% |
| 1975 | 273,280 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 281,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 306,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 356,800 ha | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 383,200 ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 465,000 ha | +21.3% |
| 1981 | 399,530 ha | -14.1% |
| 1982 | 354,900 ha | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 389,400 ha | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 492,800 ha | +26.6% |
| 1985 | 441,058 ha | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 464,532 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 510,490 ha | +9.9% |
| 1988 | 597,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1989 | 616,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 648,006 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 609,500 ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 573,150 ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 721,432 ha | +25.9% |
| 1994 | 793,232 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 696,140 ha | -12.2% |
| 1996 | 846,231 ha | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 762,596 ha | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 747,243 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 715,842 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 699,716 ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 708,237 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 708,594 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 699,168 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 729,829 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 735,748 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 783,163 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 782,496 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 817,193 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 853,985 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 880,827 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 862,697 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 1.14 million ha | +32.2% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1.14 million ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 1.12 million ha | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 1.14 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.17 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 1.20 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1.18 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.22 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 1.23 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.28 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 1.28 million ha | +0.1% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 1.28 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Togo's 1.28 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 455,620 ha | 322,000 ha | 647,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 326,537 ha | 266,655 ha | 397,011 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 473,111 ha | 354,900 ha | 616,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 711,337 ha | 573,150 ha | 846,231 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 751,813 ha | 699,168 ha | 853,985 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 million ha | 862,697 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2033 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5561 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Togo?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Togo was 1.28 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 266,655 ha in 1974.
- How does Togo rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Togo ranks 67th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.