Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 10,707 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Morocco, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Morocco stood at 10,707 ha.
The figure is up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 13,400 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 8,500 ha, in 1989.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 12,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 13,400 ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 8,600 ha | -35.8% |
| 1988 | 12,600 ha | +46.5% |
| 1989 | 8,500 ha | -32.5% |
| 1990 | 12,500 ha | +47.1% |
| 1991 | 8,500 ha | -32.0% |
| 1992 | 10,500 ha | +23.5% |
| 1993 | 10,267 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 10,753 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 10,923 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 10,495 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 10,842 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 11,089 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 10,825 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 11,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 11,592 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 10,937 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 12,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 11,046 ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 12,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 10,878 ha | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 10,822 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 10,758 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 10,685 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 9,700 ha | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 9,750 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 10,236 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 10,421 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 10,483 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 10,367 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 10,455 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 10,507 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 10,517 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 10,515 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 10,604 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,650 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 10,663 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 10,705 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 10,707 ha | +0.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 10,707 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 413 ha, 25.9× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +47.1% | 8,500 ha | 12,500 ha |
| 1988 | +46.5% | 8,600 ha | 12,600 ha |
| 1987 | -35.8% | 13,400 ha | 8,600 ha |
| 1989 | -32.5% | 12,600 ha | 8,500 ha |
| 1991 | -32.0% | 12,500 ha | 8,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11,120 ha | 8,500 ha | 13,400 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 10,669 ha | 8,500 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,172 ha | 10,685 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,295 ha | 9,700 ha | 10,517 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,666 ha | 10,604 ha | 10,707 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Morocco?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Morocco was 10,707 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 13,400 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,500 ha in 1989.
- How does Morocco rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 2nd out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.