Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 50.14 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Africa stood at 50.14 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Africa peaked at 52.56 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.80 million ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16.80 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 16.81 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 18.57 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 18.64 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 18.84 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 18.42 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 18.51 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 19.25 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 18.83 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 20.28 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 20.93 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 21.29 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 21.36 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 20.51 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 20.65 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 19.41 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 19.72 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 19.86 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 19.04 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 18.83 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 18.64 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 17.76 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 18.16 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 18.37 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 18.05 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 18.75 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 19.25 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 20.37 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 20.21 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 20.15 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 21.20 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 22.36 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 22.10 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 23.19 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 24.40 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 26.19 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 26.18 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 26.23 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 27.70 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 26.99 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 28.09 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 27.89 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 28.65 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 30.22 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 30.96 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 30.28 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 29.80 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 31.52 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 32.26 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 33.27 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 35.14 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 38.46 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 40.11 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 42.16 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 40.99 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 44.14 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 45.50 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 49.93 million ha | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 49.97 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 52.56 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 51.24 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 50.53 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 50.98 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 50.14 million ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.30 million ha | 16.80 million ha | 19.25 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.31 million ha | 19.04 million ha | 21.36 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.84 million ha | 17.76 million ha | 20.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.97 million ha | 20.15 million ha | 27.70 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.67 million ha | 26.99 million ha | 32.26 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.97 million ha | 33.27 million ha | 49.97 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.09 million ha | 50.14 million ha | 52.56 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Africa?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Africa was 50.14 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 52.56 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.80 million ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil 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.