Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.37 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mali recorded 1.37 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mali peaked at 1.43 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 201,080 ha, in 1966.
Mali ranks 32nd of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 247,565 ha | — |
| 1962 | 260,440 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 277,049 ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 238,589 ha | -13.9% |
| 1965 | 239,228 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 201,080 ha | -15.9% |
| 1967 | 217,139 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 302,777 ha | +39.4% |
| 1969 | 295,783 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 400,703 ha | +35.5% |
| 1971 | 364,332 ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 358,390 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 301,456 ha | -15.9% |
| 1974 | 339,058 ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 318,411 ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 338,309 ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 333,575 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 280,369 ha | -16.0% |
| 1979 | 317,382 ha | +13.2% |
| 1980 | 298,235 ha | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 284,636 ha | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 276,551 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 258,679 ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 236,399 ha | -8.6% |
| 1985 | 268,943 ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 278,689 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 309,687 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 390,557 ha | +26.1% |
| 1989 | 371,764 ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 500,168 ha | +34.5% |
| 1991 | 445,341 ha | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 479,645 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 450,120 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 588,241 ha | +30.7% |
| 1995 | 568,346 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 622,173 ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 718,346 ha | +15.5% |
| 1998 | 704,767 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 802,930 ha | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 499,496 ha | -37.8% |
| 2001 | 804,165 ha | +61.0% |
| 2002 | 732,601 ha | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 878,573 ha | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 842,844 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 879,334 ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 854,185 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 702,141 ha | -17.8% |
| 2008 | 675,797 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 602,107 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 676,110 ha | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 913,611 ha | +35.1% |
| 2012 | 997,609 ha | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 942,135 ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 971,830 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 1.09 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million ha | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 1.19 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 1.36 million ha | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 1.40 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 806,075 ha | -42.4% |
| 2021 | 1.35 million ha | +67.6% |
| 2022 | 1.29 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.43 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 1.37 million ha | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253,294 ha | 201,080 ha | 302,777 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 335,198 ha | 280,369 ha | 400,703 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 297,414 ha | 236,399 ha | 390,557 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 588,008 ha | 445,341 ha | 802,930 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 747,124 ha | 499,496 ha | 879,334 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million ha | 676,110 ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 million ha | 806,075 ha | 1.43 million ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mali?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mali was 1.37 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 Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 201,080 ha in 1966.
- How does Mali rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 32nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. 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, 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.