Chicory roots — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Chicory roots — Area harvested was 771 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chicory roots — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 771 ha for chicory roots — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 23.4% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicory roots — area harvested in Africa peaked at 8,255 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 771 ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chicory roots — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +55.6% |
| 1965 | 6,595 ha | -5.8% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +21.3% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | -62.5% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 5,778 ha | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 3,468 ha | -40.0% |
| 1973 | 3,380 ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 5,410 ha | +60.1% |
| 1975 | 6,790 ha | +25.5% |
| 1976 | 7,100 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 8,100 ha | +14.1% |
| 1978 | 6,400 ha | -21.0% |
| 1979 | 8,255 ha | +29.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | -57.6% |
| 1981 | 7,100 ha | +102.9% |
| 1982 | 7,800 ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 5,400 ha | -30.8% |
| 1984 | 6,200 ha | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 7,400 ha | +19.4% |
| 1986 | 6,700 ha | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 8,100 ha | +20.9% |
| 1988 | 6,300 ha | -22.2% |
| 1989 | 4,600 ha | -27.0% |
| 1990 | 4,258 ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 4,405 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 4,205 ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 4,255 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 4,205 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 4,205 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,206 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,206 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,206 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,107 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 4,207 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 4,107 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,507 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 5,007 ha | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 5,207 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 3,007 ha | -42.3% |
| 2014 | 887 ha | -70.5% |
| 2015 | 1,271 ha | +43.3% |
| 2016 | 1,551 ha | +22.0% |
| 2017 | 1,212 ha | -21.9% |
| 2018 | 2,430 ha | +100.5% |
| 2019 | 2,428 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,952 ha | -19.6% |
| 2021 | 2,139 ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 2,148 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,006 ha | -53.2% |
| 2024 | 771 ha | -23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,455 ha | 3,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,968 ha | 3,380 ha | 8,255 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,310 ha | 3,500 ha | 8,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,226 ha | 4,107 ha | 4,405 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,117 ha | 4,107 ha | 4,207 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,751 ha | 887 ha | 5,207 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,603 ha | 771 ha | 2,148 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Belgium-Luxembourg 14,141 ha compare
- 2 Belgium 6,536 ha compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,222 ha compare
- 4 Poland 1,127 ha compare
- 5 France 1,109 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 763 ha compare
- 7 Philippines 571 ha compare
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- 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 chicory roots — area harvested in Africa?
- Chicory roots — area harvested in Africa was 771 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chicory roots — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,255 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest chicory roots — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 771 ha in 2024.
- How does Africa rank for chicory roots — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chicory roots — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chicory roots — 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.