Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 369,237 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Angola stood at 369,237 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Angola peaked at 369,237 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26,000 ha, in 1988.
Angola ranks 19th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,184 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,000 ha | +47.7% |
| 1963 | 51,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 44,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 1965 | 47,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 35,000 ha | -25.5% |
| 1970 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 38,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 38,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 36,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 40,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 36,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 26,000 ha | -27.8% |
| 1989 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 35,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 32,845 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 32,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 32,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 37,700 ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 38,541 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 81,482 ha | +111.4% |
| 2002 | 85,766 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 150,281 ha | +75.2% |
| 2004 | 175,202 ha | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 181,778 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 170,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 231,741 ha | +36.3% |
| 2008 | 259,081 ha | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 277,772 ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 285,287 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 314,232 ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 231,620 ha | -26.3% |
| 2013 | 334,662 ha | +44.5% |
| 2014 | 335,580 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 335,021 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 344,666 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 325,347 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 337,971 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 336,835 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 345,322 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 350,824 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 351,479 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 362,856 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 369,237 ha | +1.8% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 369,237 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 9.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Angola's 369,237 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 3.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +111.4% | 38,541 ha | 81,482 ha |
| 2003 | +75.2% | 85,766 ha | 150,281 ha |
| 1962 | +47.7% | 33,184 ha | 49,000 ha |
| 2013 | +44.5% | 231,620 ha | 334,662 ha |
| 2007 | +36.3% | 170,000 ha | 231,741 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,465 ha | 33,184 ha | 51,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,500 ha | 35,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,800 ha | 26,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,034 ha | 28,000 ha | 37,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 165,164 ha | 38,541 ha | 277,772 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 318,122 ha | 231,620 ha | 344,666 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 355,944 ha | 345,322 ha | 369,237 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
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- 17 Malawi 400,000 ha compare
- 18 Ghana 370,000 ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 50,979 ha compare
- 20 Uganda 330,000 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Angola?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Angola was 369,237 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 369,237 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,000 ha in 1988.
- How does Angola rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 19th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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.