Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 352,647 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Africa is 352,647 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Africa peaked at 353,738 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 187,730 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 187,730 ha | — |
| 1962 | 188,730 ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 188,030 ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 190,030 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 192,301 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 195,511 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 199,714 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 202,869 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 207,978 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 211,736 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 216,253 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 218,753 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 220,903 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 223,343 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 226,698 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 223,373 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 222,820 ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 224,715 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 222,290 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 223,585 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 224,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 224,602 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 225,627 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 226,634 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 227,634 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 228,635 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 229,735 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 230,737 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 231,837 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 234,229 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 237,844 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 238,912 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 238,947 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 236,588 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 239,268 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 239,243 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 240,374 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 240,114 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 242,294 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 245,049 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 257,829 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 265,192 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 270,244 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 268,250 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 265,718 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 265,648 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 265,605 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 265,793 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 292,110 ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 331,535 ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 337,669 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 342,934 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 341,987 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 322,738 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 337,407 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 333,992 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 332,558 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 337,740 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 345,800 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 352,317 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 353,738 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 351,634 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 353,457 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 352,647 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 194,766 ha | 187,730 ha | 207,978 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 221,088 ha | 211,736 ha | 226,698 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 227,363 ha | 223,585 ha | 231,837 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 238,781 ha | 234,229 ha | 242,294 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 266,144 ha | 245,049 ha | 292,110 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 336,436 ha | 322,738 ha | 345,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 352,759 ha | 351,634 ha | 353,738 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Africa?
- Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Africa was 352,647 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 353,738 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 187,730 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — 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.