Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 31.06 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
31.06 million ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
12th
of 29 groups
All-time high
33.32 million ha
in 2021
All-time low
9.79 million ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M30.0M35.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 31.06 million ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 33.32 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9.79 million ha, in 1961.

That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 9.79 million ha
1962 10.09 million ha +3.0%
1963 10.50 million ha +4.1%
1964 10.53 million ha +0.3%
1965 10.96 million ha +4.0%
1966 10.81 million ha -1.4%
1967 11.26 million ha +4.2%
1968 11.64 million ha +3.4%
1969 11.66 million ha +0.1%
1970 12.11 million ha +3.9%
1971 12.73 million ha +5.1%
1972 13.24 million ha +4.0%
1973 12.93 million ha -2.4%
1974 12.58 million ha -2.7%
1975 13.12 million ha +4.3%
1976 12.57 million ha -4.2%
1977 12.58 million ha +0.1%
1978 12.86 million ha +2.2%
1979 11.81 million ha -8.2%
1980 11.56 million ha -2.0%
1981 11.59 million ha +0.2%
1982 11.11 million ha -4.1%
1983 11.61 million ha +4.5%
1984 11.46 million ha -1.3%
1985 11.26 million ha -1.8%
1986 11.61 million ha +3.1%
1987 11.93 million ha +2.8%
1988 12.37 million ha +3.7%
1989 11.78 million ha -4.8%
1990 11.40 million ha -3.2%
1991 12.04 million ha +5.6%
1992 15.08 million ha +25.3%
1993 14.74 million ha -2.2%
1994 15.44 million ha +4.7%
1995 16.01 million ha +3.7%
1996 16.78 million ha +4.8%
1997 17.50 million ha +4.3%
1998 16.80 million ha -4.0%
1999 17.97 million ha +7.0%
2000 17.71 million ha -1.4%
2001 18.56 million ha +4.8%
2002 17.88 million ha -3.6%
2003 18.00 million ha +0.7%
2004 19.05 million ha +5.8%
2005 19.51 million ha +2.4%
2006 18.93 million ha -3.0%
2007 18.70 million ha -1.2%
2008 20.13 million ha +7.6%
2009 20.03 million ha -0.5%
2010 20.95 million ha +4.6%
2011 22.57 million ha +7.7%
2012 24.82 million ha +10.0%
2013 26.03 million ha +4.9%
2014 27.79 million ha +6.7%
2015 26.41 million ha -4.9%
2016 27.65 million ha +4.7%
2017 28.74 million ha +3.9%
2018 31.36 million ha +9.1%
2019 32.95 million ha +5.1%
2020 33.12 million ha +0.5%
2021 33.32 million ha +0.6%
2022 31.19 million ha -6.4%
2023 30.97 million ha -0.7%
2024 31.06 million ha +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 10.80 million ha 9.79 million ha 11.66 million ha 9
1970s 12.65 million ha 11.81 million ha 13.24 million ha 10
1980s 11.63 million ha 11.11 million ha 12.37 million ha 10
1990s 15.38 million ha 11.40 million ha 17.97 million ha 10
2000s 18.85 million ha 17.71 million ha 20.13 million ha 10
2010s 26.93 million ha 20.95 million ha 32.95 million ha 10
2020s 31.93 million ha 30.97 million ha 33.32 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 9 Nigeria 10.95 million ha compare
  2. 9 Melanesia 623,071 ha compare
  3. 10 Republic of Moldova 485,796 ha compare
  4. 10 USSR 9.61 million ha compare
  5. 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 436,486 ha compare
  6. 11 Ukraine 9.12 million ha compare
  7. 12 Sudan 5.56 million ha compare
  8. 12 Viet Nam 381,062 ha compare
  9. 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 173,993 ha compare
  10. 13 Malaysia 5.24 million ha compare
  11. 14 Pakistan 4.20 million ha compare
  12. 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,391 ha compare
  13. 15 Syrian Arab Republic 65,941 ha compare
  14. 15 Australia and New Zealand 3.98 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 31.06 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 33.32 million ha in 2021.
What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 9.79 million ha in 1961.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
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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.