Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 2.59 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Middle Africa is 2.59 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 2.59 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 536,960 ha, in 1961.
That places Middle Africa 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 536,960 ha | — |
| 1962 | 565,660 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 572,416 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 621,297 ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 568,645 ha | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 580,065 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 614,332 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 641,134 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 626,419 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 682,462 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 707,721 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 705,595 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 734,232 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 762,807 ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 757,089 ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 736,872 ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 760,846 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 801,280 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 805,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 833,960 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 855,530 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 875,860 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 1.16 million ha | +32.8% |
| 1984 | 1.08 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 1.20 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 1.24 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 1.00 million ha | -19.1% |
| 1988 | 1.01 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.05 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 1.05 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 1.16 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 1.16 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 1.24 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 1.01 million ha | -18.0% |
| 1996 | 1.04 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 987,361 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 956,505 ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 962,024 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 993,697 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 980,809 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.03 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 1.05 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 1.07 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.10 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 1.14 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 1.03 million ha | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 1.08 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 1.33 million ha | +22.4% |
| 2010 | 1.67 million ha | +25.5% |
| 2011 | 1.75 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 1.84 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 2.06 million ha | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 2.26 million ha | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 2.31 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.43 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 2.44 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2.45 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2.45 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2.51 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 2.53 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 2.53 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2.58 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 2.59 million ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +32.8% | 875,860 ha | 1.16 million ha |
| 2010 | +25.5% | 1.33 million ha | 1.67 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 591,881 ha | 536,960 ha | 641,134 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 745,430 ha | 682,462 ha | 805,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 million ha | 833,960 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 million ha | 956,505 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million ha | 980,809 ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.17 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 2.45 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.55 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 2.59 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Middle Africa was 2.59 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.59 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 536,960 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.