Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 4.95 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Middle Africa is 4.95 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 4.95 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.82 million ha, in 1964.
That places Middle Africa 3rd out of 20 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.83 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.94 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 1.88 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 1.82 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 1.85 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 1.83 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 1.95 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 2.14 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1969 | 2.21 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 2.29 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 2.31 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 2.27 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 2.32 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 2.34 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 2.45 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 2.38 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 2.35 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 2.34 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 2.21 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 2.22 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 2.12 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 2.18 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 2.24 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 2.28 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 2.30 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 2.33 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 2.29 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 2.33 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 2.34 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 2.47 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 2.59 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 2.59 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 2.60 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 2.76 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 2.63 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 2.69 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 2.89 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 2.83 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 2.69 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 2.76 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.86 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 2.76 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 2.83 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 2.82 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 3.05 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 3.02 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 3.11 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 3.27 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 3.38 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 3.91 million ha | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 3.74 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 4.01 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 4.20 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 4.29 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 4.09 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 4.37 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 4.20 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 4.50 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 4.66 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 4.93 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 4.94 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 4.84 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 4.82 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 4.95 million ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.94 million ha | 1.82 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.33 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 2.45 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.26 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 2.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.67 million ha | 2.47 million ha | 2.89 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.99 million ha | 2.76 million ha | 3.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.20 million ha | 3.74 million ha | 4.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.90 million ha | 4.82 million ha | 4.95 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Middle Africa was 4.95 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.95 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.82 million ha in 1964.
- How does Middle Africa rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. 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 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.