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.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 223,622 ha | — |
| 1962 | 218,623 ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 216,219 ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 203,653 ha | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 207,862 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 219,710 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 220,759 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 182,312 ha | -17.4% |
| 1969 | 215,021 ha | +17.9% |
| 1970 | 223,576 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 217,808 ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 212,676 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 210,064 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 198,677 ha | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 192,252 ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 185,212 ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 179,895 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 162,651 ha | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 150,560 ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 147,931 ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 144,814 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 141,863 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 140,103 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 137,259 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 168,810 ha | +23.0% |
| 1986 | 167,720 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 159,930 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 159,770 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 155,445 ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 64,803 ha | -58.3% |
| 1991 | 78,969 ha | +21.9% |
| 1992 | 74,223 ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 61,185 ha | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 50,672 ha | -17.2% |
| 1995 | 57,373 ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 56,254 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 55,061 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 57,128 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 54,609 ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 54,170 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 46,426 ha | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 45,009 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 45,288 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 44,423 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 45,248 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 44,033 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 42,755 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 44,834 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 45,401 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 43,580 ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 42,548 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 40,148 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 39,729 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 39,171 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 39,462 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 39,134 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 38,926 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 14,521 ha | -62.7% |
| 2019 | 14,537 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 14,831 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 15,008 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 15,595 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 15,937 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 16,253 ha | +2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in World 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -62.7% | 38,926 ha | 14,521 ha |
| 1990 | -58.3% | 155,445 ha | 64,803 ha |
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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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 11 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.