Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 753,928 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 753,928 ha for cow peas, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 78.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 753,928 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 51,000 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 53,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 56,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 58,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 59,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 59,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 60,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 61,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 62,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 65,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 66,600 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 68,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 68,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 70,900 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 72,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 72,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 64,800 ha | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 76,800 ha | +18.5% |
| 1981 | 79,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 81,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 83,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 86,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 90,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 86,300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 88,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 90,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 90,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 80,000 ha | -11.9% |
| 1991 | 70,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 73,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 71,556 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 83,368 ha | +16.5% |
| 1995 | 92,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 110,000 ha | +19.6% |
| 1997 | 124,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 140,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 154,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 172,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 195,809 ha | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 203,889 ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 215,629 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 248,683 ha | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 214,801 ha | -13.6% |
| 2006 | 233,206 ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 236,890 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 241,374 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 368,154 ha | +52.5% |
| 2010 | 386,636 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 323,104 ha | -16.4% |
| 2012 | 265,844 ha | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 385,285 ha | +44.9% |
| 2014 | 421,660 ha | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 451,655 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 628,363 ha | +39.1% |
| 2017 | 560,923 ha | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 563,543 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 571,905 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 584,877 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 614,103 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 660,389 ha | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 709,011 ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 753,928 ha | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,111 ha | 51,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 67,300 ha | 61,400 ha | 72,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,230 ha | 76,800 ha | 90,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 99,792 ha | 70,000 ha | 154,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 233,044 ha | 172,000 ha | 368,154 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 455,892 ha | 265,844 ha | 628,363 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 664,462 ha | 584,877 ha | 753,928 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Middle Africa was 753,928 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 753,928 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 7 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — 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.