Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 440,755 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central African Republic recorded 440,755 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Central African Republic peaked at 586,978 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 177,390 ha, in 1993.
Central African Republic ranks 60th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 238,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 247,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 238,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 228,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 218,300 ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 237,500 ha | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 265,200 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 286,900 ha | +8.2% |
| 1969 | 281,676 ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 291,978 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 303,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 312,978 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 318,548 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 326,003 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 303,193 ha | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 304,581 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 288,101 ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 245,866 ha | -14.7% |
| 1979 | 255,080 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 253,758 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 231,895 ha | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 245,370 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 243,900 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 219,563 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 216,707 ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 258,590 ha | +19.3% |
| 1987 | 216,424 ha | -16.3% |
| 1988 | 233,533 ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 199,920 ha | -14.4% |
| 1990 | 207,074 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 194,786 ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 195,169 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 177,390 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 218,493 ha | +23.2% |
| 1995 | 222,804 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 254,919 ha | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 260,897 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 259,506 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 270,506 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 260,520 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 279,869 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 261,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 264,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 273,111 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 264,321 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 285,293 ha | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 332,298 ha | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 331,607 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 344,839 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 269,613 ha | -21.8% |
| 2011 | 283,058 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 300,314 ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 259,816 ha | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 273,136 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 282,041 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 289,668 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 311,983 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 328,050 ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 344,750 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 586,978 ha | +70.3% |
| 2021 | 485,123 ha | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 443,054 ha | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 455,581 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 440,755 ha | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 249,175 ha | 218,300 ha | 286,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 294,983 ha | 245,866 ha | 326,003 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 231,966 ha | 199,920 ha | 258,590 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 226,154 ha | 177,390 ha | 270,506 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 289,686 ha | 260,520 ha | 344,839 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 294,243 ha | 259,816 ha | 344,750 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 482,298 ha | 440,755 ha | 586,978 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 27.61 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 27.61 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Central African Republic?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Central African Republic was 440,755 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 586,978 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 177,390 ha in 1993.
- How does Central African Republic rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Central African Republic ranks 60th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.