Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 2.55 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 2.55 million ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 18.1% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 4.03 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 221,063 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 10th of 27 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 221,063 ha | — |
| 1962 | 320,964 ha | +45.2% |
| 1963 | 387,164 ha | +20.6% |
| 1964 | 355,204 ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 421,384 ha | +18.6% |
| 1966 | 429,484 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 384,884 ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 333,012 ha | -13.5% |
| 1969 | 485,347 ha | +45.7% |
| 1970 | 414,661 ha | -14.6% |
| 1971 | 664,035 ha | +60.1% |
| 1972 | 721,796 ha | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 766,783 ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 791,506 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 1.01 million ha | +27.3% |
| 1976 | 832,262 ha | -17.4% |
| 1977 | 1.17 million ha | +40.6% |
| 1978 | 1.03 million ha | -11.8% |
| 1979 | 1.04 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 939,486 ha | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 1.05 million ha | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 711,437 ha | -32.2% |
| 1983 | 806,985 ha | +13.4% |
| 1984 | 759,597 ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 470,401 ha | -38.1% |
| 1986 | 579,760 ha | +23.2% |
| 1987 | 723,550 ha | +24.8% |
| 1988 | 737,030 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 589,912 ha | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 268,497 ha | -54.5% |
| 1991 | 268,691 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 590,841 ha | +119.9% |
| 1993 | 858,588 ha | +45.3% |
| 1994 | 968,621 ha | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 1.15 million ha | +18.5% |
| 1996 | 1.01 million ha | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 1.62 million ha | +60.0% |
| 1998 | 1.47 million ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 1.61 million ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 1.56 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 1.63 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 1.45 million ha | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 1.16 million ha | -20.1% |
| 2004 | 1.16 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.06 million ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 678,251 ha | -35.9% |
| 2007 | 696,050 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 1.05 million ha | +50.8% |
| 2009 | 1.04 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.25 million ha | +20.1% |
| 2011 | 1.79 million ha | +43.1% |
| 2012 | 1.71 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 2.25 million ha | +31.7% |
| 2014 | 2.27 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.55 million ha | -31.6% |
| 2016 | 2.41 million ha | +55.2% |
| 2017 | 2.31 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 3.15 million ha | +36.5% |
| 2019 | 3.22 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 3.29 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 4.03 million ha | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 3.16 million ha | -21.6% |
| 2023 | 3.11 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 2.55 million ha | -18.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 370,945 ha | 221,063 ha | 485,347 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 843,643 ha | 414,661 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 736,698 ha | 470,401 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 982,625 ha | 268,497 ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.15 million ha | 678,251 ha | 1.63 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.19 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 3.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.23 million ha | 2.55 million ha | 4.03 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Northern Africa was 2.55 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.03 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 221,063 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.