Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 43,246 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Comoros stood at 43,246 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 57.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 43,246 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,040 ha, in 2002.
Comoros ranks 118th of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 13,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16,487 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 17,018 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 17,513 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 18,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 23,016 ha | +27.9% |
| 1992 | 23,421 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 22,713 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 18,947 ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 25,000 ha | +31.9% |
| 1996 | 25,996 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 27,019 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 26,094 ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 26,589 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 27,087 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 27,551 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,040 ha | -96.2% |
| 2003 | 1,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 12,314 ha | +1072.8% |
| 2005 | 20,216 ha | +64.2% |
| 2006 | 19,530 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 19,582 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 20,962 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 21,507 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 23,645 ha | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 24,752 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 26,555 ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 27,692 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 27,420 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 28,349 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 29,612 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 30,802 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 32,135 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 33,462 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 34,750 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 35,992 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 40,967 ha | +13.8% |
| 2023 | 42,794 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 43,246 ha | +1.1% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 43,246 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,986 ha, 17% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 43,246 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 12% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Comoros changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +1072.8% | 1,050 ha | 12,314 ha |
| 2002 | -96.2% | 27,551 ha | 1,040 ha |
| 2005 | +64.2% | 12,314 ha | 20,216 ha |
| 1995 | +31.9% | 18,947 ha | 25,000 ha |
| 1991 | +27.9% | 18,000 ha | 23,016 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,252 ha | 13,500 ha | 17,513 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,680 ha | 18,000 ha | 27,019 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,084 ha | 1,040 ha | 27,551 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,442 ha | 23,645 ha | 33,462 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,550 ha | 34,750 ha | 43,246 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1337 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1373 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Comoros?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Comoros was 43,246 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 43,246 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,040 ha in 2002.
- How does Comoros rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 118th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.