Potatoes — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested was 131,676 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa is 131,676 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 207,018 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 15,200 ha, in 1962.
Middle Africa ranks 17th of 37 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,256 ha | 15,200 ha | 23,017 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,264 ha | 23,470 ha | 29,810 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,102 ha | 25,610 ha | 88,548 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,248 ha | 33,584 ha | 52,611 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,418 ha | 55,456 ha | 207,018 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 146,043 ha | 121,427 ha | 166,684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 129,236 ha | 125,428 ha | 131,676 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
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- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa was 131,676 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 207,018 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,200 ha in 1962.
- How does Middle Africa rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 17th out of 37 regions with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — 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.