Oranges — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Oranges — Area harvested was 45,051 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Morocco, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 45,051 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 63,000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 42,000 ha, in 1985.
That places Morocco 14th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 42,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 51,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1987 | 51,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 51,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 51,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 52,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 53,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 53,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 54,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 54,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 52,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 55,584 ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 51,200 ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 51,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 51,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 51,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 50,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 50,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 49,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 48,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 48,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 49,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 55,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 63,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 51,681 ha | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 44,900 ha | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 46,382 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 50,231 ha | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 51,760 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 53,193 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 54,390 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 55,804 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 56,638 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 57,817 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 58,437 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 59,456 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 60,525 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 58,607 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 45,890 ha | -21.7% |
| 2024 | 45,051 ha | -1.8% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 45,051 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,473 ha, 7.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 45,051 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,968 ha, 11.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 49,340 ha | 42,000 ha | 51,700 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 52,928 ha | 51,100 ha | 55,584 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,698 ha | 48,700 ha | 63,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,955 ha | 44,900 ha | 58,437 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,906 ha | 45,051 ha | 60,525 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 11 Algeria 49,464 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 46,827 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,636 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 46,654 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,021 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 321 ha compare
- 15 South Africa 36,403 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 286 ha compare
- 16 Peru 33,349 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 225 ha compare
- 17 Mali 30,148 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Morocco?
- Oranges — area harvested in Morocco was 45,051 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 63,000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,000 ha in 1985.
- How does Morocco rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 14th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.