Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.27 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Morocco stood at 1.27 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 1.27 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 185,790 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 38th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 185,790 ha | — |
| 1962 | 188,475 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 265,185 ha | +40.7% |
| 1964 | 238,208 ha | -10.2% |
| 1965 | 344,733 ha | +44.7% |
| 1966 | 312,616 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 200,016 ha | -36.0% |
| 1968 | 581,113 ha | +190.5% |
| 1969 | 392,185 ha | -32.5% |
| 1970 | 234,638 ha | -40.2% |
| 1971 | 599,938 ha | +155.7% |
| 1972 | 291,138 ha | -51.5% |
| 1973 | 331,838 ha | +14.0% |
| 1974 | 349,807 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 368,025 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 392,645 ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 286,955 ha | -26.9% |
| 1978 | 272,175 ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 499,199 ha | +83.4% |
| 1980 | 347,934 ha | -30.3% |
| 1981 | 301,375 ha | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 319,965 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 336,908 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 352,363 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 366,780 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 388,110 ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 404,706 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 496,700 ha | +22.7% |
| 1989 | 515,535 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 580,465 ha | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 542,977 ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 625,851 ha | +15.3% |
| 1993 | 671,262 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 536,901 ha | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 495,040 ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 533,252 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 568,102 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 655,476 ha | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 628,818 ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 602,846 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 632,142 ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 552,017 ha | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 610,422 ha | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 678,432 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 675,819 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 574,760 ha | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 591,682 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 598,005 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 735,116 ha | +22.9% |
| 2010 | 919,108 ha | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 958,873 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 999,238 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 958,776 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 987,106 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 1.06 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 1.07 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.08 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 1.11 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.14 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1.24 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 1.20 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 1.27 million ha | +6.5% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 1.27 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,986 ha, 4.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 1.27 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 66,822 ha, 19.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +190.5% | 200,016 ha | 581,113 ha |
| 1971 | +155.7% | 234,638 ha | 599,938 ha |
| 1979 | +83.4% | 272,175 ha | 499,199 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300,925 ha | 185,790 ha | 581,113 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 362,636 ha | 234,638 ha | 599,938 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 383,038 ha | 301,375 ha | 515,535 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 583,814 ha | 495,040 ha | 671,262 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 625,124 ha | 552,017 ha | 735,116 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 million ha | 919,108 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2253 % 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 0.2425 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.789 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Morocco?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Morocco was 1.27 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 185,790 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 38th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.