Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 51,521 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Morocco stood at 51,521 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.3% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 158,100 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 32,000 ha, in 1981.
Morocco ranks 13th of 54 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 135,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 140,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 130,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 134,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 156,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 147,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1968 | 121,100 ha | -17.9% |
| 1969 | 85,000 ha | -29.8% |
| 1970 | 158,000 ha | +85.9% |
| 1971 | 108,000 ha | -31.6% |
| 1972 | 52,800 ha | -51.1% |
| 1973 | 84,100 ha | +59.3% |
| 1974 | 158,100 ha | +88.0% |
| 1975 | 98,500 ha | -37.7% |
| 1976 | 99,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 42,400 ha | -57.4% |
| 1978 | 67,900 ha | +60.1% |
| 1979 | 62,300 ha | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 65,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 32,000 ha | -51.1% |
| 1982 | 60,500 ha | +89.1% |
| 1983 | 64,700 ha | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 60,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1985 | 76,500 ha | +27.5% |
| 1986 | 82,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 77,200 ha | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 72,600 ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 62,400 ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 77,000 ha | +23.4% |
| 1991 | 84,200 ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 78,900 ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 90,700 ha | +15.0% |
| 1994 | 66,000 ha | -27.2% |
| 1995 | 62,600 ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 44,300 ha | -29.2% |
| 1997 | 59,000 ha | +33.2% |
| 1998 | 69,500 ha | +17.8% |
| 1999 | 70,880 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 66,100 ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 58,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 71,600 ha | +23.4% |
| 2003 | 70,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 72,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 76,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 74,900 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 78,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 64,900 ha | -17.3% |
| 2009 | 80,900 ha | +24.7% |
| 2010 | 78,100 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 88,780 ha | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 50,560 ha | -43.1% |
| 2013 | 57,019 ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 72,564 ha | +27.3% |
| 2015 | 59,472 ha | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 88,030 ha | +48.0% |
| 2017 | 34,091 ha | -61.3% |
| 2018 | 86,800 ha | +154.6% |
| 2019 | 81,982 ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 53,599 ha | -34.6% |
| 2021 | 63,411 ha | +18.3% |
| 2022 | 68,985 ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 44,696 ha | -35.2% |
| 2024 | 51,521 ha | +15.3% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 51,521 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,210 ha, 12.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 51,521 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,834 ha, 28.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +154.6% | 34,091 ha | 86,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132,067 ha | 85,000 ha | 156,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,170 ha | 42,400 ha | 158,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,360 ha | 32,000 ha | 82,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 70,308 ha | 44,300 ha | 90,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,410 ha | 58,000 ha | 80,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,740 ha | 34,091 ha | 88,780 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,442 ha | 44,696 ha | 68,985 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chick peas, dry — area harvested in Morocco?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Morocco was 51,521 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 158,100 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Morocco rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 13th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chick peas, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.