Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested was 222 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Africa, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Africa is 222 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Africa peaked at 222 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1985.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 20 ha | — |
| 1986 | 40 ha | +100.0% |
| 1987 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 100 ha | +42.9% |
| 1991 | 142 ha | +42.0% |
| 1992 | 139 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 138 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 138 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 138 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 138 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 138 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 133 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 140 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 142 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 144 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 146 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 148 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 150 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 152 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 154 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 156 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 158 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 160 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 182 ha | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 194 ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 200 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 212 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 206 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 211 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 213 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 215 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 216 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 217 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 221 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 218 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 221 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 222 ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chestnuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +100.0% | 20 ha | 40 ha |
| 1990 | +42.9% | 70 ha | 100 ha |
| 1991 | +42.0% | 100 ha | 142 ha |
| 1987 | +25.0% | 40 ha | 50 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 48 ha | 20 ha | 70 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 134.4 ha | 100 ha | 142 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 151 ha | 142 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 205.4 ha | 182 ha | 216 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 219.8 ha | 217 ha | 222 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 10 USSR 4,748 ha compare
- 11 Albania 2,451 ha compare
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,669 ha compare
- 13 Chile 1,456 ha compare
- 14 Yugoslav SFR 1,322 ha compare
- 15 North Macedonia 961 ha compare
- 16 Croatia 530 ha compare
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 chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Africa?
- Chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Africa was 222 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chestnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 222 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chestnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1985.
- How does Africa rank for chestnuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 13th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chestnuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chestnuts, in shell — 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.