Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 70,560 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 70,560 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.9% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 131,000 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 23,100 ha, in 1963.
That places Somalia 107th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,000 ha | +18.7% |
| 1963 | 23,100 ha | -30.0% |
| 1964 | 26,600 ha | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 29,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 52,900 ha | +77.5% |
| 1967 | 55,100 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 58,300 ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 59,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 71,700 ha | +20.5% |
| 1971 | 52,900 ha | -26.2% |
| 1972 | 50,900 ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 53,700 ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 50,900 ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 74,800 ha | +47.0% |
| 1976 | 62,900 ha | -15.9% |
| 1977 | 92,400 ha | +46.9% |
| 1978 | 92,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 97,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 101,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 108,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 109,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 117,600 ha | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 113,100 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 131,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1986 | 100,500 ha | -23.3% |
| 1987 | 129,200 ha | +28.6% |
| 1988 | 129,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 125,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 115,231 ha | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 99,400 ha | -13.7% |
| 1992 | 55,600 ha | -44.1% |
| 1993 | 90,367 ha | +62.5% |
| 1994 | 93,474 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 94,129 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 91,152 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 91,201 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 79,600 ha | -12.7% |
| 1999 | 75,837 ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 74,482 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 77,100 ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 81,587 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 84,780 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 92,603 ha | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 91,429 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 86,400 ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 83,915 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 78,985 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 78,898 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 78,367 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 77,721 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 77,285 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 76,673 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 111,117 ha | +44.9% |
| 2015 | 108,520 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 110,252 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 108,412 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 109,684 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 110,752 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 59,593 ha | -46.2% |
| 2021 | 41,978 ha | -29.6% |
| 2022 | 56,466 ha | +34.5% |
| 2023 | 95,221 ha | +68.6% |
| 2024 | 70,560 ha | -25.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,678 ha | 23,100 ha | 59,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,990 ha | 50,900 ha | 97,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 116,440 ha | 100,500 ha | 131,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,599 ha | 55,600 ha | 115,231 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,018 ha | 74,482 ha | 92,603 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,878 ha | 76,673 ha | 111,117 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,764 ha | 41,978 ha | 95,221 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 55.79 (1990)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 55.79 (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Somalia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Somalia was 70,560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 131,000 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,100 ha in 1963.
- How does Somalia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 107th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.