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 14th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 66,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 80,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 1966 | 90,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 135,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 135,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 140,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 140,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 140,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 145,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 150,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 165,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 160,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 132,000 ha | -17.5% |
| 1992 | 154,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 146,200 ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 262,400 ha | +79.5% |
| 1995 | 269,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 260,100 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 295,631 ha | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 271,813 ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 289,213 ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 242,551 ha | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 233,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 280,544 ha | +20.4% |
| 2003 | 277,811 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 254,400 ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 236,100 ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 245,800 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 194,788 ha | -20.8% |
| 2008 | 186,197 ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 257,735 ha | +38.4% |
| 2010 | 242,663 ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 225,130 ha | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 309,327 ha | +37.4% |
| 2013 | 142,125 ha | -54.1% |
| 2014 | 421,212 ha | +196.4% |
| 2015 | 251,999 ha | -40.2% |
| 2016 | 240,053 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 268,359 ha | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 256,187 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 38,877 ha | -84.8% |
| 2020 | 256,564 ha | +559.9% |
| 2021 | 265,064 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 263,118 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 249,790 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 268,803 ha | +7.6% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 268,803 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 3.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 268,803 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 3.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +559.9% | 38,877 ha | 256,564 ha |
| 2014 | +196.4% | 142,125 ha | 421,212 ha |
| 2019 | -84.8% | 256,187 ha | 38,877 ha |
| 1994 | +79.5% | 146,200 ha | 262,400 ha |
| 2013 | -54.1% | 309,327 ha | 142,125 ha |
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
- 11 China 884,639 ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 161 ha compare
- 12 China, mainland 884,322 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 104 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 455,000 ha compare
- 15 Russian Federation 255,000 ha compare
- 16 Pakistan 229,451 ha compare
- 17 Nepal 224,935 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (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 14th out of 86 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.