Millet — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Millet — Area harvested was 268,803 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 268,803 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 421,212 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 38,877 ha, in 2019.
Namibia ranks 15th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,444 ha | 53,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 127,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 140,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 150,000 ha | 140,000 ha | 165,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 224,076 ha | 132,000 ha | 295,631 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 240,893 ha | 186,197 ha | 280,544 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 239,593 ha | 38,877 ha | 421,212 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 260,668 ha | 249,790 ha | 268,803 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 12 China, mainland 884,322 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 455,000 ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 300,000 ha compare
- 16 Russian Federation 255,000 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 229,451 ha compare
- 18 Nepal 224,935 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Namibia?
- Millet — area harvested in Namibia was 268,803 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 421,212 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,877 ha in 2019.
- How does Namibia rank for millet — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 15th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.