Millet — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Millet — Area harvested was 2,499 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Morocco stood at 2,499 ha.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 17,300 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 2,360 ha, in 2015.
Morocco ranks 58th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,115 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,387 ha | +77.3% |
| 1963 | 8,635 ha | -40.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1965 | 17,300 ha | +73.0% |
| 1966 | 5,600 ha | -67.6% |
| 1967 | 6,600 ha | +17.9% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 7,700 ha | +28.3% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 7,425 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 6,800 ha | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 4,700 ha | -30.9% |
| 1974 | 4,300 ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 3,700 ha | -28.8% |
| 1990 | 5,200 ha | +40.5% |
| 1991 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 5,480 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 5,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 5,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 5,575 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 5,038 ha | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 5,500 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 4,505 ha | -18.1% |
| 1999 | 3,801 ha | -15.6% |
| 2000 | 4,710 ha | +23.9% |
| 2001 | 4,626 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 4,330 ha | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 4,157 ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 3,988 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 3,923 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 3,742 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 3,500 ha | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 2,746 ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 2,989 ha | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 3,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2,744 ha | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 2,360 ha | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 2,668 ha | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 2,697 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,644 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 2,559 ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 2,525 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,515 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,504 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,477 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,499 ha | +0.9% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 2,499 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 3% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 2,499 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,327 ha, 75% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +77.3% | 8,115 ha | 14,387 ha |
| 1965 | +73.0% | 10,000 ha | 17,300 ha |
| 1966 | -67.6% | 17,300 ha | 5,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,371 ha | 5,600 ha | 17,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,162 ha | 4,000 ha | 7,425 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,690 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,130 ha | 3,801 ha | 5,575 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,872 ha | 2,746 ha | 4,710 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,736 ha | 2,360 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,504 ha | 2,477 ha | 2,525 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 millet — area harvested in Morocco?
- Millet — area harvested in Morocco was 2,499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 17,300 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,360 ha in 2015.
- How does Morocco rank for millet — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 58th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.