Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 4,676 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coconuts, in shell — 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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa is 4,676 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 66.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 20,026 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 4,016 ha, in 2018.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 16,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 14,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 11,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 16,800 ha | +40.0% |
| 1986 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,300 ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 16,469 ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 17,595 ha | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 16,180 ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 16,671 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 16,802 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 16,323 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 17,850 ha | +9.4% |
| 1997 | 18,377 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 17,171 ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 18,297 ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 18,453 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 18,813 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 19,179 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 19,276 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 18,454 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 20,026 ha | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 19,057 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 16,766 ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 17,160 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 18,904 ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 17,931 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 11,246 ha | -37.3% |
| 2012 | 12,411 ha | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 13,307 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 14,009 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 16,663 ha | +18.9% |
| 2016 | 4,363 ha | -73.8% |
| 2017 | 4,267 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 4,016 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 4,309 ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 4,804 ha | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 4,774 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,758 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,735 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,676 ha | -1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -73.8% | 16,663 ha | 4,363 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,800 ha | 10,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,150 ha | 10,000 ha | 16,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,174 ha | 16,180 ha | 18,377 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,609 ha | 16,766 ha | 20,026 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,252 ha | 4,016 ha | 17,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,749 ha | 4,676 ha | 4,804 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18,024 ha compare
- 9 Vanuatu 89,921 ha compare
- 10 Mozambique 77,875 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,537 ha compare
- 11 Ghana 76,051 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 11,274 ha compare
- 12 Malaysia 75,418 ha compare
- 13 Kenya 75,012 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 99,365 ha compare
- 14 Madagascar 50,224 ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 35,000 ha compare
- 15 Myanmar 49,597 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Middle Africa was 4,676 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20,026 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,016 ha in 2018.
- How does Middle Africa rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 12th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, 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.