Oats — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Oats — Area harvested was 164,027 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 164,027 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Africa peaked at 354,410 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 120,446 ha, in 2000.
That places Africa 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 229,894 ha | — |
| 1962 | 192,991 ha | -16.1% |
| 1963 | 190,006 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 204,687 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 171,948 ha | -16.0% |
| 1966 | 166,285 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 201,887 ha | +21.4% |
| 1968 | 205,792 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 212,714 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 209,480 ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 197,100 ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 241,020 ha | +22.3% |
| 1973 | 236,270 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 221,790 ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 248,080 ha | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 267,930 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 266,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 209,990 ha | -21.1% |
| 1979 | 250,693 ha | +19.4% |
| 1980 | 276,932 ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 325,210 ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 354,410 ha | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 290,937 ha | -17.9% |
| 1984 | 287,477 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 264,439 ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 285,790 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 278,375 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 260,347 ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 254,480 ha | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 212,675 ha | -16.4% |
| 1991 | 283,790 ha | +33.4% |
| 1992 | 263,421 ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 190,357 ha | -27.7% |
| 1994 | 173,117 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 180,824 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 238,145 ha | +31.7% |
| 1997 | 165,957 ha | -30.3% |
| 1998 | 184,073 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 168,474 ha | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 120,446 ha | -28.5% |
| 2001 | 167,294 ha | +38.9% |
| 2002 | 134,001 ha | -19.9% |
| 2003 | 157,608 ha | +17.6% |
| 2004 | 158,341 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 164,630 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 173,980 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 180,656 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 134,414 ha | -25.6% |
| 2009 | 172,164 ha | +28.1% |
| 2010 | 184,136 ha | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 205,665 ha | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 212,636 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 184,238 ha | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 172,213 ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 169,940 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 173,857 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 170,187 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 137,977 ha | -18.9% |
| 2019 | 141,864 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 139,323 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 127,991 ha | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 167,043 ha | +30.5% |
| 2023 | 161,884 ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 164,027 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,356 ha | 166,285 ha | 229,894 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 234,855 ha | 197,100 ha | 267,930 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 287,840 ha | 254,480 ha | 354,410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 206,083 ha | 165,957 ha | 283,790 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 156,353 ha | 120,446 ha | 180,656 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 175,271 ha | 137,977 ha | 212,636 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 152,054 ha | 127,991 ha | 167,043 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Africa?
- Oats — area harvested in Africa was 164,027 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 354,410 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 120,446 ha in 2000.
- How does Africa rank for oats — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — 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.