Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 631,442 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Middle Africa is 631,442 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 654,626 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 212,350 ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 298,570 ha | — |
| 1962 | 288,670 ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 282,650 ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 264,650 ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 221,250 ha | -16.4% |
| 1966 | 212,350 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 251,270 ha | +18.3% |
| 1968 | 302,150 ha | +20.2% |
| 1969 | 306,350 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 290,100 ha | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 277,950 ha | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 272,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 262,653 ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 254,850 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 258,650 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 242,140 ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 238,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 240,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 257,750 ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 268,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 264,520 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 275,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 275,270 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 291,770 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 295,470 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 301,320 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 307,270 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 312,193 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 327,850 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 329,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 329,530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 330,780 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 326,480 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 328,250 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 329,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 332,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 313,600 ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 305,243 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 299,126 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 301,276 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 281,014 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 272,660 ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 264,088 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 265,223 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 281,175 ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 294,065 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 297,846 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 307,501 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 333,659 ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 345,625 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 356,791 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 409,821 ha | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 461,033 ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 468,421 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 484,375 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 518,100 ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 531,663 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 548,737 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 572,543 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 628,034 ha | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 654,626 ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 625,537 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 625,548 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 631,442 ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 269,768 ha | 212,350 ha | 306,350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 259,529 ha | 238,500 ha | 290,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 291,886 ha | 264,520 ha | 327,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 322,421 ha | 299,126 ha | 332,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 289,851 ha | 264,088 ha | 333,659 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 469,711 ha | 345,625 ha | 572,543 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 633,037 ha | 625,537 ha | 654,626 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Middle Africa was 631,442 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 654,626 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 212,350 ha in 1966.
- How does Middle Africa rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.