Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 710 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Algeria is 710 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 11,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 688 ha, in 2021.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,700 ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 8,500 ha | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 8,300 ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 7,800 ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 8,500 ha | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 7,700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 7,200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 6,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 5,500 ha | -17.9% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 4,400 ha | -26.7% |
| 1977 | 4,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 3,700 ha | -11.9% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | -71.4% |
| 1981 | 850 ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 970 ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +54.6% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +68.8% |
| 1990 | 1,960 ha | -27.4% |
| 1991 | 1,850 ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 1,770 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,720 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 1,670 ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1,250 ha | -25.1% |
| 1996 | 1,280 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,270 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,240 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 1,210 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 1,160 ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 1,160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,140 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 1,066 ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 1,048 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1,028 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 982 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 911 ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 921 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 875 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 834 ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 831 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 813 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 788 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 802 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 814 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 827 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 789 ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 732 ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 729 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 688 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 711 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 703 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 710 ha | +1.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 710 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 413 ha, 1.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +68.8% | 1,600 ha | 2,700 ha |
| 1980 | -71.4% | 3,500 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1987 | +54.6% | 970 ha | 1,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,089 ha | 7,800 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,770 ha | 3,500 ha | 8,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,237 ha | 850 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,528 ha | 1,240 ha | 1,960 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,063 ha | 911 ha | 1,210 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 810.5 ha | 732 ha | 875 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 708.2 ha | 688 ha | 729 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Algeria?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Algeria was 710 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 688 ha in 2021.
- How does Algeria rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 8th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — 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.