Oats — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Oats — Area harvested was 100,640 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 100,640 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 226,810 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 40,116 ha, in 2000.
That places Northern Africa 18th 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 107,921 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,295 ha | -23.7% |
| 1963 | 89,977 ha | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 97,310 ha | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 82,670 ha | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 76,810 ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 72,440 ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 103,790 ha | +43.3% |
| 1969 | 111,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 105,780 ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 111,400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 149,320 ha | +34.0% |
| 1973 | 136,570 ha | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 120,090 ha | -12.1% |
| 1975 | 144,380 ha | +20.2% |
| 1976 | 174,230 ha | +20.7% |
| 1977 | 182,300 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 136,790 ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 169,200 ha | +23.7% |
| 1980 | 217,020 ha | +28.3% |
| 1981 | 226,810 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 206,810 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 175,550 ha | -15.1% |
| 1984 | 202,970 ha | +15.6% |
| 1985 | 207,610 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 206,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 180,990 ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 167,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 177,560 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 138,510 ha | -22.0% |
| 1991 | 202,100 ha | +45.9% |
| 1992 | 183,480 ha | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 121,180 ha | -34.0% |
| 1994 | 110,050 ha | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 102,894 ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 145,213 ha | +41.1% |
| 1997 | 69,644 ha | -52.0% |
| 1998 | 99,442 ha | +42.8% |
| 1999 | 83,102 ha | -16.4% |
| 2000 | 40,116 ha | -51.7% |
| 2001 | 82,829 ha | +106.5% |
| 2002 | 69,945 ha | -15.6% |
| 2003 | 98,426 ha | +40.7% |
| 2004 | 98,444 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 92,353 ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 97,616 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 109,044 ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 70,006 ha | -35.8% |
| 2009 | 106,825 ha | +52.6% |
| 2010 | 115,909 ha | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 118,260 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 137,485 ha | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 121,046 ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 111,533 ha | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 109,435 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 106,122 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 122,226 ha | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 94,058 ha | -23.0% |
| 2019 | 95,282 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 81,800 ha | -14.1% |
| 2021 | 65,594 ha | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 97,399 ha | +48.5% |
| 2023 | 101,049 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 100,640 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,624 ha | 72,440 ha | 111,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 143,006 ha | 105,780 ha | 182,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 197,002 ha | 167,800 ha | 226,810 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 125,562 ha | 69,644 ha | 202,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,560 ha | 40,116 ha | 109,044 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 113,136 ha | 94,058 ha | 137,485 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 89,296 ha | 65,594 ha | 101,049 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Oats — area harvested in Northern Africa was 100,640 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 226,810 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,116 ha in 2000.
- How does Northern Africa rank for oats — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.