Oranges — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Oranges — Area harvested was 543,861 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — area harvested in Africa stood at 543,861 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Africa peaked at 543,861 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 131,760 ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 5th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 131,760 ha | — |
| 1962 | 134,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 139,900 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 149,740 ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 150,657 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 156,668 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 169,148 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 178,769 ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 189,159 ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 206,839 ha | +9.3% |
| 1971 | 204,541 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 204,171 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 211,706 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 224,010 ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 226,626 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 226,117 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 221,891 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 214,387 ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 206,928 ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 228,779 ha | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 224,859 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 220,119 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 209,198 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 213,989 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 274,034 ha | +28.1% |
| 1986 | 293,354 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 300,349 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 307,030 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 309,520 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 315,183 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 320,498 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 333,224 ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 345,373 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 341,149 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 325,863 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 345,004 ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 345,291 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 354,959 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 363,017 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 372,887 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 378,087 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 358,631 ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 358,980 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 373,129 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 354,683 ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 362,706 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 379,592 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 393,356 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 391,469 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 418,187 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 433,847 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 455,698 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 470,881 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 455,070 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 472,371 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 470,672 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 488,116 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 471,955 ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 468,009 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 539,742 ha | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 504,140 ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 517,828 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 514,993 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 543,861 ha | +5.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +28.1% | 213,989 ha | 274,034 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155,578 ha | 131,760 ha | 189,159 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 214,722 ha | 204,171 ha | 226,626 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 258,123 ha | 209,198 ha | 309,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 338,956 ha | 315,183 ha | 363,017 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 372,352 ha | 354,683 ha | 393,356 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 460,481 ha | 418,187 ha | 488,116 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 524,113 ha | 504,140 ha | 543,861 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 China 407,490 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 402,913 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 71,391 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 341,217 ha compare
- 5 India 240,170 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,868 ha compare
- 6 Egypt 173,711 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 51,835 ha compare
- 7 Spain 142,480 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 28,301 ha compare
- 8 Iraq 134,561 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 23,717 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 5.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.0895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Africa?
- Oranges — area harvested in Africa was 543,861 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 543,861 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 131,760 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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 Oranges — 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.