Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in World
World: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 16,253 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in World, 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 World is 16,253 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 58.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in World peaked at 223,622 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 14,521 ha, in 2018.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 211,976 ha | 182,312 ha | 223,622 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 193,337 ha | 150,560 ha | 223,576 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 152,364 ha | 137,259 ha | 168,810 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,028 ha | 50,672 ha | 78,969 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,759 ha | 42,755 ha | 54,170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,176 ha | 14,521 ha | 43,580 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,525 ha | 14,831 ha | 16,253 ha | 5 |
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in World?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in World was 16,253 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 223,622 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,521 ha in 2018.
- How does World rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- World ranks 3rd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.