Quinces — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Quinces — Area harvested was 4,681 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Quinces — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 4,681 ha for quinces — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — area harvested in Africa peaked at 7,953 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 120 ha, in 1967.
That places Africa 10th out of 24 regions with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 184.44 ha | 120 ha | 220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 395.1 ha | 270 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,543 ha | 550 ha | 2,730 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,372 ha | 2,775 ha | 4,075 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,070 ha | 4,149 ha | 6,134 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,765 ha | 5,595 ha | 7,953 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,933 ha | 4,612 ha | 5,440 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is quinces — area harvested in Africa?
- Quinces — area harvested in Africa was 4,681 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,953 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest quinces — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 ha in 1967.
- How does Africa rank for quinces — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 10th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is quinces — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Quinces — 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.