Coffee, green — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 4.47 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 4.47 million ha for coffee, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 67.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Africa peaked at 4.49 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.86 million ha, in 2011.
That places Africa 4th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.16 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.60 million ha | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 2.72 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 2.80 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 2.88 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 3.01 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 3.08 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 2.99 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 3.04 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 3.06 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 3.15 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 3.12 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 3.24 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 3.26 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 3.15 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 3.05 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 3.14 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 3.14 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 3.18 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 3.22 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 3.27 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 3.33 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 3.24 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 3.15 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 3.16 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 3.14 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 3.07 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 3.14 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 3.06 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 3.24 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 2.96 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 2.70 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 2.68 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 2.40 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 2.73 million ha | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 2.71 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 2.64 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 2.79 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 2.58 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 2.57 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 2.26 million ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 2.02 million ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 1.88 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 2.49 million ha | +32.5% |
| 2005 | 2.27 million ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 2.41 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 2.42 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 2.44 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2.36 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 2.35 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.86 million ha | -20.9% |
| 2012 | 2.43 million ha | +31.0% |
| 2013 | 2.51 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 2.66 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 3.38 million ha | +26.7% |
| 2016 | 3.38 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2.92 million ha | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 4.06 million ha | +38.9% |
| 2019 | 4.23 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 4.18 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 4.30 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 4.49 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 4.12 million ha | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 4.47 million ha | +8.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +38.9% | 2.92 million ha | 4.06 million ha |
| 2004 | +32.5% | 1.88 million ha | 2.49 million ha |
| 2012 | +31.0% | 1.86 million ha | 2.43 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.81 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 3.08 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.15 million ha | 3.05 million ha | 3.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.18 million ha | 3.06 million ha | 3.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.74 million ha | 2.40 million ha | 3.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.31 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 2.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.98 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 4.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.31 million ha | 4.12 million ha | 4.49 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Brazil 1.94 million ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 1.27 million ha compare
- 3 Central African Republic 943,748 ha compare
- 4 Ethiopia 862,943 ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 678,569 ha compare
- 5 Colombia 837,685 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 325,635 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 166,516 ha compare
- 6 Uganda 736,547 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 659,699 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 166,453 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Africa?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Africa was 4.47 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.49 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.86 million ha in 2011.
- How does Africa rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.6%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.