Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.29 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mali is 1.29 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mali peaked at 1.34 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 170,080 ha, in 1966.
Mali ranks 33rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 217,565 ha | — |
| 1962 | 230,440 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 247,049 ha | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 208,589 ha | -15.6% |
| 1965 | 209,228 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 170,080 ha | -18.7% |
| 1967 | 185,139 ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 270,777 ha | +46.3% |
| 1969 | 263,783 ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 368,703 ha | +39.8% |
| 1971 | 332,332 ha | -9.9% |
| 1972 | 326,390 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 269,456 ha | -17.4% |
| 1974 | 308,058 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 287,411 ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 306,309 ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 299,575 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 247,369 ha | -17.4% |
| 1979 | 282,382 ha | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 265,235 ha | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 251,636 ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 243,551 ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 225,679 ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 203,399 ha | -9.9% |
| 1985 | 235,943 ha | +16.0% |
| 1986 | 245,689 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 276,687 ha | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 357,557 ha | +29.2% |
| 1989 | 338,764 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 455,544 ha | +34.5% |
| 1991 | 385,757 ha | -15.3% |
| 1992 | 420,364 ha | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 391,143 ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 529,567 ha | +35.4% |
| 1995 | 509,975 ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 564,105 ha | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 660,581 ha | +17.1% |
| 1998 | 647,304 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 745,769 ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 442,636 ha | -40.6% |
| 2001 | 747,607 ha | +68.9% |
| 2002 | 676,343 ha | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 822,617 ha | +21.6% |
| 2004 | 786,419 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 829,542 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 833,185 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 630,141 ha | -24.4% |
| 2008 | 620,043 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 544,992 ha | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 623,850 ha | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 862,817 ha | +38.3% |
| 2012 | 950,667 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 896,848 ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 952,323 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 1.07 million ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 1.19 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 1.17 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.31 million ha | +11.3% |
| 2019 | 1.31 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 739,263 ha | -43.6% |
| 2021 | 1.28 million ha | +73.3% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 1.29 million ha | -3.9% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 1.29 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 322,934 ha, 4.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mali's 1.29 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 3.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222,517 ha | 170,080 ha | 270,777 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 302,798 ha | 247,369 ha | 368,703 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 264,414 ha | 203,399 ha | 357,557 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 531,011 ha | 385,757 ha | 745,769 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 693,352 ha | 442,636 ha | 833,185 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 623,850 ha | 1.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 million ha | 739,263 ha | 1.34 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3663 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.4046 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0015 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.74 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mali?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mali was 1.29 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 Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 170,080 ha in 1966.
- How does Mali rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 33rd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.