Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 576,086 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 576,086 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 853,971 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 299,934 ha, in 2009.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 697,166 ha | — |
| 1962 | 760,881 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 702,618 ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 667,375 ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 664,975 ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 683,241 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 693,585 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 756,733 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 810,223 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 852,058 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 853,971 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 785,353 ha | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 791,870 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 793,861 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 792,363 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 737,367 ha | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 676,845 ha | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 655,273 ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 501,077 ha | -23.5% |
| 1980 | 428,013 ha | -14.6% |
| 1981 | 359,389 ha | -16.0% |
| 1982 | 459,404 ha | +27.8% |
| 1983 | 520,440 ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 494,336 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 492,418 ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 456,380 ha | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 432,718 ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 482,356 ha | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 420,689 ha | -12.8% |
| 1990 | 444,427 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 512,918 ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 427,902 ha | -16.6% |
| 1993 | 375,613 ha | -12.2% |
| 1994 | 477,199 ha | +27.0% |
| 1995 | 528,847 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 609,448 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 712,781 ha | +17.0% |
| 1998 | 612,749 ha | -14.0% |
| 1999 | 642,025 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 615,672 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 639,865 ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 590,377 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 521,858 ha | -11.6% |
| 2004 | 519,091 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 632,500 ha | +21.8% |
| 2006 | 472,750 ha | -25.3% |
| 2007 | 451,546 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 425,391 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 299,934 ha | -29.5% |
| 2010 | 392,973 ha | +31.0% |
| 2011 | 434,139 ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 502,997 ha | +15.9% |
| 2013 | 543,735 ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 610,835 ha | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 638,810 ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 650,138 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 434,303 ha | -33.2% |
| 2018 | 586,765 ha | +35.1% |
| 2019 | 638,277 ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 604,730 ha | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 724,816 ha | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 697,269 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 636,423 ha | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 576,086 ha | -9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 715,200 ha | 664,975 ha | 810,223 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 744,004 ha | 501,077 ha | 853,971 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 454,614 ha | 359,389 ha | 520,440 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 534,391 ha | 375,613 ha | 712,781 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 516,898 ha | 299,934 ha | 639,865 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 543,297 ha | 392,973 ha | 650,138 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 647,865 ha | 576,086 ha | 724,816 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Middle Africa was 576,086 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 853,971 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 299,934 ha in 2009.
- How does Middle Africa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 15 regions with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.