Mustard seed — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Mustard seed — Area harvested was 4,439 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Africa, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 4,439 ha for mustard seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — area harvested in Africa peaked at 4,821 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1995.
That places Africa 16th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1995 | 2,500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1996 | 3,431 ha | +37.2% |
| 1997 | 3,438 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 3,460 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 3,494 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 3,537 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 3,588 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 3,643 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 3,701 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 3,766 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 3,836 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 3,902 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 3,962 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 4,015 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 4,057 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 4,821 ha | +18.8% |
| 2011 | 4,044 ha | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 4,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,172 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 4,218 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 4,230 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4,266 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 4,295 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 4,327 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 4,367 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,408 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 4,393 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,416 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,439 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,387 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,000 ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 3,801 ha | 3,537 ha | 4,057 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,237 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,821 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,405 ha | 4,367 ha | 4,439 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mustard seed — area harvested in Africa?
- Mustard seed — area harvested in Africa was 4,439 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,821 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1995.
- How does Africa rank for mustard seed — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 16th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mustard seed — 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.