Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 670,934 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 670,934 ha for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 23.8% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Africa peaked at 880,423 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 159,755 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 159,755 ha | — |
| 1962 | 164,264 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 199,543 ha | +21.5% |
| 1964 | 199,020 ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 189,100 ha | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 174,160 ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 190,300 ha | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 216,500 ha | +13.8% |
| 1969 | 230,200 ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 225,300 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 235,300 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 257,900 ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 218,000 ha | -15.5% |
| 1974 | 256,400 ha | +17.6% |
| 1975 | 206,900 ha | -19.3% |
| 1976 | 245,717 ha | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 263,767 ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 262,908 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 211,875 ha | -19.4% |
| 1980 | 208,629 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 218,182 ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 229,185 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 236,688 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 246,891 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 240,594 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 253,910 ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 252,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 260,904 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 416,607 ha | +59.7% |
| 1990 | 416,772 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 412,963 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 430,161 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 414,715 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 400,318 ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 420,145 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 466,935 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 453,841 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 494,141 ha | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 496,750 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 543,134 ha | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 542,633 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 557,519 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 589,164 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 591,043 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 613,523 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 623,489 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 577,136 ha | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 544,353 ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 467,286 ha | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 600,537 ha | +28.5% |
| 2011 | 685,630 ha | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 793,584 ha | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 821,369 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 815,171 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 683,556 ha | -16.1% |
| 2016 | 726,767 ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 777,040 ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 514,082 ha | -33.8% |
| 2019 | 538,955 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 663,421 ha | +23.1% |
| 2021 | 601,852 ha | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 665,611 ha | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 880,423 ha | +32.3% |
| 2024 | 670,934 ha | -23.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191,427 ha | 159,755 ha | 230,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 238,407 ha | 206,900 ha | 263,767 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 256,359 ha | 208,629 ha | 416,607 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 440,674 ha | 400,318 ha | 496,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 564,928 ha | 467,286 ha | 623,489 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 695,669 ha | 514,082 ha | 821,369 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 696,448 ha | 601,852 ha | 880,423 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Africa?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Africa was 670,934 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 880,423 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 159,755 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. 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 Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.