Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 1.35 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 1.35 million ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Angola peaked at 1.51 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 363,500 ha, in 1979.
Angola ranks 9th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 368,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 418,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 421,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 423,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 443,260 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 471,260 ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 472,260 ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 472,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 472,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 473,400 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 473,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 473,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 453,400 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 423,400 ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 403,400 ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 383,400 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 383,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 383,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 363,500 ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 363,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 363,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 363,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 373,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 394,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 424,500 ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 434,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 444,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 424,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 427,750 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 415,528 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 436,429 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 470,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 463,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 430,575 ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 526,266 ha | +22.2% |
| 1996 | 546,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 553,658 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 604,621 ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 548,679 ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 607,160 ha | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 690,101 ha | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 734,849 ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 922,088 ha | +25.5% |
| 2004 | 942,507 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 1.02 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 982,452 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1.08 million ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 851,714 ha | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 1.09 million ha | +27.8% |
| 2010 | 1.14 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1.34 million ha | +16.9% |
| 2012 | 1.28 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.44 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 1.03 million ha | -28.3% |
| 2015 | 1.04 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.51 million ha | +45.7% |
| 2017 | 1.27 million ha | -15.8% |
| 2018 | 1.19 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 1.19 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.30 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 1.35 million ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 440,249 ha | 368,000 ha | 472,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 421,430 ha | 363,500 ha | 473,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 401,425 ha | 363,500 ha | 444,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 499,476 ha | 415,528 ha | 604,621 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 892,511 ha | 607,160 ha | 1.09 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.30 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Angola?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Angola was 1.35 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 363,500 ha in 1979.
- How does Angola rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 9th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.