Peppermint, spearmint — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Peppermint, spearmint — Area harvested was 1,295 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peppermint, spearmint — Area harvested in Africa, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peppermint, spearmint — area harvested in Africa stood at 1,295 ha.
The figure is down 23.0% on the previous year and down 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peppermint, spearmint — area harvested in Africa peaked at 4,005 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 220 ha, in 1986.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 580 ha | 220 ha | 1,000 ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 1,704 ha | 550 ha | 2,430 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,014 ha | 1,670 ha | 3,950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,177 ha | 2,125 ha | 4,005 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,663 ha | 1,177 ha | 2,551 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is peppermint, spearmint — area harvested in Africa?
- Peppermint, spearmint — area harvested in Africa was 1,295 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peppermint, spearmint — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,005 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest peppermint, spearmint — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 220 ha in 1986.
- How does Africa rank for peppermint, spearmint — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 1st out of 10 regions with data for 2024.
- Is peppermint, spearmint — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.5%. 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 Peppermint, spearmint — 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.