Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 1.67 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1.67 million ha for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 201.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Africa peaked at 1.67 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 281,742 ha, in 1978.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 302,123 ha | — |
| 1962 | 302,227 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 310,635 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 302,316 ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 306,814 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 319,252 ha | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 288,948 ha | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 296,595 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 302,753 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 338,406 ha | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 341,321 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 333,956 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 333,154 ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 326,589 ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 322,592 ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 290,342 ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 284,953 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 281,742 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 296,217 ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 302,297 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 302,878 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 307,006 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 294,415 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 291,899 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 291,397 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 302,012 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 302,078 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 367,214 ha | +21.6% |
| 1989 | 469,944 ha | +28.0% |
| 1990 | 414,647 ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 434,665 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 448,402 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 467,878 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 460,201 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 468,362 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 468,422 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 534,912 ha | +14.2% |
| 1998 | 546,524 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 559,628 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 592,206 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 600,613 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 627,367 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 632,693 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 655,264 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 715,609 ha | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 706,278 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 748,063 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 655,942 ha | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 624,892 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 613,568 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 574,971 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 591,727 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 550,973 ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 553,151 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 511,669 ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 582,927 ha | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 768,640 ha | +31.9% |
| 2018 | 834,660 ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 954,685 ha | +14.4% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million ha | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 1.35 million ha | +13.5% |
| 2023 | 1.60 million ha | +18.6% |
| 2024 | 1.67 million ha | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 303,518 ha | 288,948 ha | 319,252 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 314,927 ha | 281,742 ha | 341,321 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 323,114 ha | 291,397 ha | 469,944 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 480,364 ha | 414,647 ha | 559,628 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 655,893 ha | 592,206 ha | 748,063 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 653,697 ha | 511,669 ha | 954,685 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.37 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Africa?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Africa was 1.67 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 281,742 ha in 1978.
- How does Africa rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 201.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.