Cherries — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Cherries — Area harvested was 8,957 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cherries — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cherries — area harvested in Africa stood at 8,957 ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 61.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Africa peaked at 9,389 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 1963.
Africa ranks 17th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cherries — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 160 ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 190 ha | +18.8% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | -21.1% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 170 ha | +13.3% |
| 1973 | 470 ha | +176.5% |
| 1974 | 710 ha | +51.1% |
| 1975 | 1,130 ha | +59.2% |
| 1976 | 1,610 ha | +42.5% |
| 1977 | 1,970 ha | +22.4% |
| 1978 | 1,570 ha | -20.3% |
| 1979 | 1,350 ha | -14.0% |
| 1980 | 1,950 ha | +44.4% |
| 1981 | 2,410 ha | +23.6% |
| 1982 | 1,730 ha | -28.2% |
| 1983 | 2,490 ha | +43.9% |
| 1984 | 2,770 ha | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 2,833 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 4,270 ha | +50.7% |
| 1987 | 3,170 ha | -25.8% |
| 1988 | 3,650 ha | +15.1% |
| 1989 | 3,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,580 ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 3,900 ha | +8.9% |
| 1992 | 3,590 ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 3,840 ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 3,900 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 3,790 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 4,168 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 3,740 ha | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 4,360 ha | +16.6% |
| 1999 | 4,246 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 4,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 4,620 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 4,290 ha | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 4,770 ha | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 4,713 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 5,441 ha | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 4,920 ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 4,873 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 5,084 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 5,512 ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 6,908 ha | +25.3% |
| 2011 | 7,108 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 5,991 ha | -15.7% |
| 2013 | 6,247 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 5,552 ha | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 5,938 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 9,342 ha | +57.3% |
| 2017 | 9,131 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 7,118 ha | -22.0% |
| 2019 | 7,855 ha | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 8,149 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 8,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 9,389 ha | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 9,018 ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 8,957 ha | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +176.5% | 170 ha | 470 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 162.22 ha | 140 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 928 ha | 150 ha | 1,970 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,892 ha | 1,730 ha | 4,270 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,911 ha | 3,580 ha | 4,360 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,852 ha | 4,290 ha | 5,512 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,119 ha | 5,552 ha | 9,342 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,783 ha | 8,149 ha | 9,389 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in Africa?
- Cherries — area harvested in Africa was 8,957 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,389 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 1963.
- How does Africa rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — 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.