Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 526,150 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mali stood at 526,150 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 49.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mali peaked at 526,150 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 83,012 ha, in 1984.
Mali ranks 15th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 175,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 190,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 141,000 ha | -25.8% |
| 1965 | 153,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 122,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 1967 | 126,300 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 199,800 ha | +58.2% |
| 1969 | 212,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 303,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1971 | 255,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1972 | 249,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 200,000 ha | -19.7% |
| 1974 | 240,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 200,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 199,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 200,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 134,300 ha | -32.9% |
| 1979 | 163,600 ha | +21.8% |
| 1980 | 162,200 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 170,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 144,500 ha | -15.4% |
| 1983 | 120,000 ha | -17.0% |
| 1984 | 83,012 ha | -30.8% |
| 1985 | 89,366 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 93,197 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 125,568 ha | +34.7% |
| 1988 | 165,805 ha | +32.0% |
| 1989 | 146,924 ha | -11.4% |
| 1990 | 247,686 ha | +68.6% |
| 1991 | 168,694 ha | -31.9% |
| 1992 | 169,887 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 189,385 ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 255,426 ha | +34.9% |
| 1995 | 167,914 ha | -34.3% |
| 1996 | 136,398 ha | -18.8% |
| 1997 | 152,141 ha | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 133,144 ha | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 250,755 ha | +88.3% |
| 2000 | 199,735 ha | -20.3% |
| 2001 | 197,057 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 204,922 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 252,220 ha | +23.1% |
| 2004 | 198,489 ha | -21.3% |
| 2005 | 259,029 ha | +30.5% |
| 2006 | 334,671 ha | +29.2% |
| 2007 | 330,544 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 395,822 ha | +19.7% |
| 2009 | 335,031 ha | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 336,976 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 340,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 364,202 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 373,383 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 351,977 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 435,495 ha | +23.7% |
| 2016 | 432,354 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 387,092 ha | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 491,541 ha | +27.0% |
| 2019 | 452,369 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 470,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 443,374 ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 478,967 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 494,789 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 526,150 ha | +6.3% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 526,150 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 4.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Mali's 526,150 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 4.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,567 ha | 122,000 ha | 212,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 214,390 ha | 134,300 ha | 303,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 130,147 ha | 83,012 ha | 170,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 187,143 ha | 133,144 ha | 255,426 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 270,752 ha | 197,057 ha | 395,822 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 396,539 ha | 336,976 ha | 491,541 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 482,656 ha | 443,374 ha | 526,150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 12 Burkina Faso 730,410 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,076 ha compare
- 13 Mozambique 591,338 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 3,550 ha compare
- 14 Cameroon 540,000 ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,514 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 ha compare
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 400,000 ha compare
- 18 Ghana 370,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mali?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mali was 526,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 526,150 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 83,012 ha in 1984.
- How does Mali rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 15th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.