Quinces — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Quinces — Area harvested was 2,817 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Quinces — Area harvested in Morocco, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 2,817 ha for quinces — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 4,651 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,150 ha, in 1985.
That places Morocco 7th out of 55 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Quinces — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,150 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,200 ha | +91.3% |
| 1989 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 2,400 ha | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 3,220 ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 3,743 ha | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 3,815 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 3,900 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 3,788 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 3,833 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 3,401 ha | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 3,502 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 3,463 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 3,380 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 4,651 ha | +37.6% |
| 2017 | 4,067 ha | -12.6% |
| 2018 | 4,357 ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 3,532 ha | -18.9% |
| 2020 | 3,411 ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 3,180 ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 3,068 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 3,150 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 2,817 ha | -10.6% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 2,817 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 422 ha, 6.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 2,817 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 299 ha, 9.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Quinces — Area harvested in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +91.3% | 1,150 ha | 2,200 ha |
| 2016 | +37.6% | 3,380 ha | 4,651 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,570 ha | 1,150 ha | 2,200 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,640 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,338 ha | 2,900 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,797 ha | 3,380 ha | 4,651 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,125 ha | 2,817 ha | 3,411 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 4 Azerbaijan 4,365 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 1,036 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 394 ha compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 3,716 ha compare
- 6 Argentina 3,544 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26 ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 2,260 ha compare
- 9 Serbia 2,081 ha compare
- 10 Spain 1,420 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is quinces — area harvested in Morocco?
- Quinces — area harvested in Morocco was 2,817 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 4,651 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest quinces — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,150 ha in 1985.
- How does Morocco rank for quinces — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 7th out of 55 countries with data for 2024.
- Is quinces — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.