Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 2.43 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Northern 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 Northern Africa is 2.43 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 2.43 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 927,547 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 17th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 927,547 ha | — |
| 1962 | 929,486 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 949,615 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 981,485 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 972,934 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 971,456 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 966,983 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 964,787 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 947,902 ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 948,461 ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 976,410 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 964,993 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 963,619 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 980,283 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 988,894 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 1.00 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 993,347 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 991,004 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 996,706 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 1.00 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 996,579 ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 972,106 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 987,633 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 1.00 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1.26 million ha | +25.6% |
| 1986 | 1.32 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 1.31 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 1.30 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 1.34 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 1.37 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 1.38 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 1.45 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.44 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 1.45 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 1.50 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 1.52 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 1.52 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1.61 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 1.60 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.64 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 1.65 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.71 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1.79 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 1.83 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 2.00 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 2.00 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.95 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.99 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 2.12 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 2.14 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 2.10 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 2.13 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 2.16 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 2.24 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 2.31 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 2.31 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.28 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2.26 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2.37 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 2.36 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 2.43 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 2.41 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 2.43 million ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 956,911 ha | 927,547 ha | 981,485 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 980,586 ha | 948,461 ha | 1.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.15 million ha | 972,106 ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.47 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.81 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.21 million ha | 2.10 million ha | 2.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.40 million ha | 2.36 million ha | 2.43 million ha | 5 |
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 8.19 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 2 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 40,804 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 18.41 million An (2024)
- Oranges — Production 6.87 million t (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 308,761 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 139,633 t (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,090 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 52.69 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Northern Africa was 2.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.43 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 927,547 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.