Rice — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Rice — Area harvested was 2.32 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 2.32 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 2.32 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 139,246 ha, in 1964.
That places Middle Africa 11th out of 36 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 | 195,756 ha | 139,246 ha | 313,040 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 367,854 ha | 342,038 ha | 392,267 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 433,450 ha | 381,261 ha | 523,792 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 597,236 ha | 544,478 ha | 683,280 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 602,031 ha | 562,794 ha | 646,595 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.57 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.00 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 2.32 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Rice — area harvested in Middle Africa was 2.32 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.32 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 139,246 ha in 1964.
- How does Middle Africa rank for rice — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 11th out of 36 regions with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.0%. 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 Rice — 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.