Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 11,645 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 11,645 ha for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 11,930 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 6,860 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,630 ha | -17.8% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 7,400 ha | -17.8% |
| 1965 | 8,500 ha | +14.9% |
| 1966 | 7,700 ha | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 8,600 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 10,300 ha | +19.8% |
| 1969 | 11,930 ha | +15.8% |
| 1970 | 11,650 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 8,120 ha | -30.3% |
| 1972 | 8,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,860 ha | -15.5% |
| 1974 | 9,300 ha | +35.6% |
| 1975 | 9,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 8,900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 8,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 8,090 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 7,850 ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 8,066 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 8,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,170 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 8,180 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 8,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 8,100 ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 8,210 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 8,210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,320 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 8,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,534 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,540 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 8,679 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 8,869 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 8,940 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 9,040 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 9,240 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 9,531 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 9,181 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 9,416 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 9,530 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 9,373 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 9,039 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 9,238 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 9,226 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 9,120 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 9,270 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 9,636 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 9,870 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 10,342 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 10,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 10,606 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 10,896 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 10,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,017 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 11,037 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 11,108 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 11,234 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 11,345 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 11,444 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 11,513 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 11,516 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 11,521 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 11,583 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 11,645 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,173 ha | 7,400 ha | 11,930 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,679 ha | 6,860 ha | 11,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,195 ha | 8,066 ha | 8,320 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,997 ha | 8,534 ha | 9,531 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,464 ha | 9,039 ha | 10,342 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,029 ha | 10,606 ha | 11,444 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,556 ha | 11,513 ha | 11,645 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 India 86,611 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 12,284 ha compare
- 3 Chile 10,595 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,864 ha compare
- 4 Mozambique 6,973 ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 3,908 ha compare
- 6 China 3,664 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 3,664 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Middle Africa was 11,645 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,930 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,860 ha in 1973.
- How does Middle Africa rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.