Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 7,852 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 7,852 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 11,000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 1962.
That places Somalia 56th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | -52.0% |
| 1963 | 2,200 ha | +83.3% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 6,500 ha | -34.3% |
| 1974 | 4,500 ha | -30.8% |
| 1975 | 3,300 ha | -26.7% |
| 1976 | 3,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 2,500 ha | -21.9% |
| 1978 | 1,900 ha | -24.0% |
| 1979 | 2,400 ha | +26.3% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,700 ha | +56.7% |
| 1985 | 5,200 ha | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 2,900 ha | -44.2% |
| 1987 | 4,200 ha | +44.8% |
| 1988 | 3,400 ha | -19.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | -26.5% |
| 1990 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 2,400 ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 3,448 ha | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 3,351 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 2,100 ha | -40.0% |
| 1999 | 2,605 ha | +24.0% |
| 2000 | 2,100 ha | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 2,700 ha | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 3,580 ha | +32.6% |
| 2003 | 3,580 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11,000 ha | +207.3% |
| 2005 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 4,900 ha | -51.0% |
| 2007 | 5,300 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 6,033 ha | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 6,641 ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 6,797 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 7,039 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 7,279 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 7,518 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 7,511 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,835 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 7,621 ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 7,601 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 7,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 7,708 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 7,940 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 7,849 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 7,832 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,874 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 7,852 ha | -0.3% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 7,852 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 6% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 7,852 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 7% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +207.3% | 3,580 ha | 11,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,322 ha | 1,200 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,420 ha | 1,900 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,400 ha | 2,500 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,900 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,583 ha | 2,100 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,481 ha | 6,797 ha | 7,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,869 ha | 7,832 ha | 7,940 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Somalia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Somalia was 7,852 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1962.
- How does Somalia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 56th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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.