Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 469,773 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 469,773 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Angola peaked at 469,773 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74,000 ha, in 1988.
Angola ranks 56th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 104,838 ha | — |
| 1962 | 119,365 ha | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 120,691 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 118,953 ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 120,220 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 118,934 ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 123,416 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 127,384 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 144,562 ha | +13.5% |
| 1970 | 151,300 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 173,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 136,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1973 | 180,000 ha | +32.4% |
| 1974 | 177,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 141,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 1976 | 139,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 140,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 142,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 143,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 88,000 ha | -38.5% |
| 1981 | 91,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 92,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 93,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 89,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 82,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1986 | 87,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 85,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 74,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1989 | 76,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 80,389 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 82,742 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 88,826 ha | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 85,957 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 88,886 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 86,469 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 89,383 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 88,542 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 91,502 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 91,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 96,761 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 132,491 ha | +36.9% |
| 2002 | 137,465 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 202,929 ha | +47.6% |
| 2004 | 229,445 ha | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 237,534 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 227,853 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 293,273 ha | +28.7% |
| 2008 | 327,959 ha | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 343,277 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 351,205 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 383,457 ha | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 322,566 ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 413,105 ha | +28.1% |
| 2014 | 413,522 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 413,065 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 424,566 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 420,028 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 429,118 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 428,420 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 437,417 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 444,248 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 445,426 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 462,275 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 469,773 ha | +1.6% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 469,773 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 2.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Angola's 469,773 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 1.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +47.6% | 137,465 ha | 202,929 ha |
| 1980 | -38.5% | 143,000 ha | 88,000 ha |
| 2001 | +36.9% | 96,761 ha | 132,491 ha |
| 1973 | +32.4% | 136,000 ha | 180,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122,040 ha | 104,838 ha | 144,562 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 152,230 ha | 136,000 ha | 180,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,700 ha | 74,000 ha | 93,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,390 ha | 80,389 ha | 91,502 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 222,899 ha | 96,761 ha | 343,277 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 399,905 ha | 322,566 ha | 429,118 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 451,828 ha | 437,417 ha | 469,773 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0737 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1461 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.18 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Angola?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Angola was 469,773 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 469,773 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 74,000 ha in 1988.
- How does Angola rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 56th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.