Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 63,162 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Middle Africa is 63,162 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 63,162 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23,070 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,070 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,170 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 23,370 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 23,970 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 24,570 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 23,920 ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 23,720 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 23,920 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 24,120 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 24,270 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 24,370 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 24,870 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 25,070 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 25,640 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 24,940 ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 25,540 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 25,160 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 24,610 ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 24,410 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 24,330 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 24,580 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 24,780 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 24,840 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 25,050 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 31,010 ha | +23.8% |
| 1986 | 31,960 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 32,460 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 32,960 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 33,660 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 34,915 ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 37,264 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 38,421 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 39,092 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 40,363 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 33,889 ha | -16.0% |
| 1996 | 34,631 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 34,529 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 35,488 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 35,475 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 35,750 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 35,247 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 34,969 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 35,088 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 35,312 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 36,002 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 35,688 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 33,234 ha | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 30,558 ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 41,237 ha | +34.9% |
| 2010 | 43,308 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 43,633 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 49,685 ha | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 60,456 ha | +21.7% |
| 2014 | 59,441 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 61,072 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 61,594 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 61,476 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 61,159 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 61,019 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 61,770 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 62,410 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 62,590 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 62,802 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 63,162 ha | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +34.9% | 30,558 ha | 41,237 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,759 ha | 23,070 ha | 24,570 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,888 ha | 24,270 ha | 25,640 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,563 ha | 24,330 ha | 33,660 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,407 ha | 33,889 ha | 40,363 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,308 ha | 30,558 ha | 41,237 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,284 ha | 43,308 ha | 61,594 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,547 ha | 61,770 ha | 63,162 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 4 Nigeria 857,308 ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 161,887 ha compare
- 5 Mexico 699,364 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 693,017 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 124,664 ha compare
- 7 Spain 294,680 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,617 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 246,397 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 152,261 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 49,688 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 148,466 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 44,236 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Middle Africa was 63,162 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 63,162 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,070 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 7th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.