Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 233,447 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 233,447 ha for cow peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 341,769 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,741 ha, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 8th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,741 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,096 ha | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 3,492 ha | +66.6% |
| 1964 | 4,632 ha | +32.6% |
| 1965 | 4,016 ha | -13.3% |
| 1966 | 3,588 ha | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 5,881 ha | +63.9% |
| 1968 | 4,201 ha | -28.6% |
| 1969 | 4,201 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,201 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,201 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,781 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 2,941 ha | -22.2% |
| 1974 | 3,781 ha | +28.6% |
| 1975 | 3,781 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,271 ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 3,404 ha | -20.3% |
| 1978 | 2,623 ha | -22.9% |
| 1979 | 3,318 ha | +26.5% |
| 1980 | 2,731 ha | -17.7% |
| 1981 | 2,650 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 4,683 ha | +76.7% |
| 1983 | 3,360 ha | -28.3% |
| 1984 | 3,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,780 ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 3,360 ha | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 2,520 ha | -25.0% |
| 1989 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,117 ha | +23.7% |
| 1991 | 4,886 ha | +56.8% |
| 1992 | 2,237 ha | -54.2% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | +34.1% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 2,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 2,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 2,871 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 2,862 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 20,000 ha | +598.8% |
| 2003 | 25,813 ha | +29.1% |
| 2004 | 37,745 ha | +46.2% |
| 2005 | 50,665 ha | +34.2% |
| 2006 | 66,264 ha | +30.8% |
| 2007 | 93,676 ha | +41.4% |
| 2008 | 175,985 ha | +87.9% |
| 2009 | 192,541 ha | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 141,223 ha | -26.7% |
| 2011 | 147,887 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 67,940 ha | -54.1% |
| 2013 | 261,980 ha | +285.6% |
| 2014 | 262,870 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 171,308 ha | -34.8% |
| 2016 | 309,895 ha | +80.9% |
| 2017 | 160,954 ha | -48.1% |
| 2018 | 137,337 ha | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 341,769 ha | +148.9% |
| 2020 | 271,973 ha | -20.4% |
| 2021 | 244,274 ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 238,741 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 232,636 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 233,447 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,761 ha | 1,741 ha | 5,881 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,630 ha | 2,623 ha | 4,271 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,232 ha | 2,520 ha | 4,683 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,939 ha | 2,237 ha | 4,886 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,842 ha | 2,862 ha | 192,541 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 200,316 ha | 67,940 ha | 341,769 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 244,214 ha | 232,636 ha | 271,973 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Northern Africa was 233,447 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 341,769 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,741 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 8th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.