Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 5,700 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 5,700 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 152.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 5,741 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Algeria ranks 58th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 600 ha | — |
| 1987 | 900 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,290 ha | +43.3% |
| 1990 | 1,510 ha | +17.1% |
| 1991 | 1,860 ha | +23.2% |
| 1992 | 2,220 ha | +19.4% |
| 1993 | 3,030 ha | +36.5% |
| 1994 | 2,840 ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 2,650 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 2,880 ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 2,290 ha | -20.5% |
| 1998 | 3,380 ha | +47.6% |
| 1999 | 4,260 ha | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 4,020 ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 4,250 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 3,750 ha | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 3,380 ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 4,081 ha | +20.7% |
| 2005 | 2,837 ha | -30.5% |
| 2006 | 2,718 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 2,683 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 2,840 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 2,574 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 2,524 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 2,558 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,293 ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 2,249 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 2,255 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,115 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 3,391 ha | +60.3% |
| 2017 | 3,666 ha | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 4,753 ha | +29.7% |
| 2019 | 4,886 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 4,709 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 5,741 ha | +21.9% |
| 2022 | 5,200 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 5,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 5,700 ha | +3.6% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 5,700 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 2.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 5,700 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,290 ha, 2.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 369 ha | 0 ha | 1,290 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,692 ha | 1,510 ha | 4,260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,313 ha | 2,574 ha | 4,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,069 ha | 2,115 ha | 4,886 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,370 ha | 4,709 ha | 5,741 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Algeria?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Algeria was 5,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,741 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 58th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 152.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.