Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 121,849 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 121,849 ha.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 140,285 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 71,038 ha, in 2001.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 96,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 96,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 103,200 ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 92,400 ha | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 81,900 ha | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 93,800 ha | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 97,300 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 100,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 103,900 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 102,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 104,650 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 100,150 ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 95,450 ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 88,400 ha | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 93,627 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 91,350 ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 90,953 ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 85,800 ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 94,717 ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 95,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 95,300 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 92,010 ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 87,900 ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 87,400 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 82,205 ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 88,700 ha | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 86,700 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 91,350 ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 93,738 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 87,810 ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 88,196 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 92,561 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 96,462 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 96,360 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 93,725 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 89,027 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 92,935 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 87,370 ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 73,820 ha | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 72,154 ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 71,038 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 74,102 ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 73,680 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 86,702 ha | +17.7% |
| 2005 | 110,143 ha | +27.0% |
| 2006 | 97,886 ha | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 110,955 ha | +13.4% |
| 2008 | 119,400 ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 119,042 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 122,417 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 123,578 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 125,717 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 117,848 ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 124,319 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 123,478 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 127,288 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 136,949 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 133,392 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 140,285 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 139,784 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 133,641 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 108,319 ha | -18.9% |
| 2023 | 114,929 ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 121,849 ha | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96,183 ha | 81,900 ha | 103,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 94,800 ha | 85,800 ha | 104,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 90,050 ha | 82,205 ha | 95,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89,827 ha | 73,820 ha | 96,462 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,510 ha | 71,038 ha | 119,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 127,527 ha | 117,848 ha | 140,285 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 123,704 ha | 108,319 ha | 139,784 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Middle Africa was 121,849 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 140,285 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,038 ha in 2001.
- How does Middle Africa rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 5th out of 9 regions with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.