Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 11,831 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 11,831 ha for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 14,870 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 850 ha, in 1981.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 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 | 13,725 ha | +1272.5% |
| 1986 | 14,705 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 10,480 ha | -28.7% |
| 1988 | 14,590 ha | +39.2% |
| 1989 | 11,590 ha | -20.6% |
| 1990 | 14,870 ha | +28.3% |
| 1991 | 10,765 ha | -27.6% |
| 1992 | 12,730 ha | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 12,437 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 12,867 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 12,615 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 12,221 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 12,561 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 12,819 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 12,525 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 12,670 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 13,212 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 12,557 ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 13,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 12,572 ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 13,508 ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 12,366 ha | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 12,264 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 12,099 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 12,033 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 10,983 ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 10,998 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 11,480 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 11,653 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 11,685 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 11,580 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 11,680 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 11,745 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 11,718 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 11,657 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 11,743 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 11,751 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 11,788 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 11,821 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 11,831 ha | +0.1% |
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 | 6,979 ha | 850 ha | 14,705 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,641 ha | 10,765 ha | 14,870 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,688 ha | 12,033 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,518 ha | 10,983 ha | 11,745 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,787 ha | 11,743 ha | 11,831 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Northern Africa was 11,831 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14,870 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 850 ha in 1981.
- How does Northern Africa rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 4th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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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About this data
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.