Oats — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Oats — Area harvested was 16,252 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 16,252 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 68,800 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 12,275 ha, in 2018.
Morocco ranks 45th of 79 countries on this measure, 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,672 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,295 ha | -23.9% |
| 1963 | 24,000 ha | +18.3% |
| 1964 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 22,650 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 22,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 14,000 ha | -36.4% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 19,000 ha | -17.4% |
| 1971 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 24,200 ha | +27.4% |
| 1973 | 20,200 ha | -16.5% |
| 1974 | 19,900 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 32,300 ha | +62.3% |
| 1976 | 30,700 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 27,400 ha | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 25,700 ha | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 14,800 ha | -42.4% |
| 1980 | 28,700 ha | +93.9% |
| 1981 | 52,200 ha | +81.9% |
| 1982 | 68,600 ha | +31.4% |
| 1983 | 49,200 ha | -28.3% |
| 1984 | 54,700 ha | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 46,500 ha | -15.0% |
| 1986 | 53,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 46,700 ha | -11.9% |
| 1988 | 53,600 ha | +14.8% |
| 1989 | 54,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 42,600 ha | -21.5% |
| 1991 | 54,000 ha | +26.8% |
| 1992 | 42,600 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 54,000 ha | +26.8% |
| 1994 | 68,800 ha | +27.4% |
| 1995 | 20,500 ha | -70.2% |
| 1996 | 36,000 ha | +75.6% |
| 1997 | 37,600 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 34,300 ha | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 29,900 ha | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 19,500 ha | -34.8% |
| 2001 | 27,400 ha | +40.5% |
| 2002 | 20,000 ha | -27.0% |
| 2003 | 22,400 ha | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 19,500 ha | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 26,300 ha | +34.9% |
| 2006 | 17,900 ha | -31.9% |
| 2007 | 22,400 ha | +25.1% |
| 2008 | 23,100 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 25,600 ha | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 29,600 ha | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 54,230 ha | +83.2% |
| 2012 | 47,390 ha | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 32,277 ha | -31.9% |
| 2014 | 41,832 ha | +29.6% |
| 2015 | 36,907 ha | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 24,798 ha | -32.8% |
| 2017 | 29,813 ha | +20.2% |
| 2018 | 12,275 ha | -58.8% |
| 2019 | 13,079 ha | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 15,009 ha | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 17,845 ha | +18.9% |
| 2022 | 13,040 ha | -26.9% |
| 2023 | 16,720 ha | +28.2% |
| 2024 | 16,252 ha | -2.8% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 16,252 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 586 ha, 27.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 16,252 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 896 ha, 18.1× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,846 ha | 14,000 ha | 26,672 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,320 ha | 14,800 ha | 32,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,750 ha | 28,700 ha | 68,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,030 ha | 20,500 ha | 68,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,410 ha | 17,900 ha | 27,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,220 ha | 12,275 ha | 54,230 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,773 ha | 13,040 ha | 17,845 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Morocco?
- Oats — area harvested in Morocco was 16,252 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 68,800 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,275 ha in 2018.
- How does Morocco rank for oats — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 45th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.