Figs — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Figs — Area harvested was 37,431 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Figs — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, figs — area harvested in Algeria stood at 37,431 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 63,000 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1969.
That places Algeria 2nd out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Figs — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1963 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 29,000 ha | -25.6% |
| 1966 | 31,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 29,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14,000 ha | -51.7% |
| 1970 | 33,000 ha | +135.7% |
| 1971 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 41,000 ha | +20.6% |
| 1973 | 48,000 ha | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 50,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 63,000 ha | +26.0% |
| 1976 | 53,000 ha | -15.9% |
| 1977 | 51,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 46,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 51,000 ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 46,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 19,000 ha | -59.6% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | +57.9% |
| 1984 | 18,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1985 | 38,000 ha | +111.1% |
| 1986 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 36,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 44,700 ha | +24.2% |
| 1991 | 44,370 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 41,200 ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 42,030 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 41,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 40,110 ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 36,760 ha | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 35,980 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 35,390 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 35,730 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 36,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 38,070 ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 39,830 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 44,030 ha | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 45,920 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 46,592 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 49,180 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 48,790 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 47,273 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 46,935 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 46,921 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 46,331 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 45,125 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 44,608 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 44,395 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 43,130 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 42,764 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 40,932 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 39,356 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 39,438 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 39,026 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 39,065 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 38,878 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 38,774 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 37,431 ha | -3.5% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 37,431 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 693.5 ha, 54.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 37,431 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 651 ha, 57.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +135.7% | 14,000 ha | 33,000 ha |
| 1985 | +111.1% | 18,000 ha | 38,000 ha |
| 1982 | -59.6% | 47,000 ha | 19,000 ha |
| 1983 | +57.9% | 19,000 ha | 30,000 ha |
| 1969 | -51.7% | 29,000 ha | 14,000 ha |
| 1984 | -40.0% | 30,000 ha | 18,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,222 ha | 14,000 ha | 41,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 63,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,600 ha | 18,000 ha | 47,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,817 ha | 35,390 ha | 44,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,262 ha | 36,000 ha | 49,180 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,300 ha | 39,356 ha | 46,921 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,635 ha | 37,431 ha | 39,065 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is figs — area harvested in Algeria?
- Figs — area harvested in Algeria was 37,431 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 63,000 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest figs — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1969.
- How does Algeria rank for figs — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 2nd out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is figs — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Figs — 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.