Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 700,924 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern Africa is 700,924 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 700,924 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 177,846 ha, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 177,846 ha | — |
| 1962 | 187,434 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 188,391 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 194,491 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 205,027 ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 201,167 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 192,722 ha | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 199,465 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 207,366 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 197,564 ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 194,799 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 207,362 ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 225,639 ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 225,899 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 250,592 ha | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 250,423 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 277,973 ha | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 277,780 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 300,206 ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 303,144 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 296,724 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 298,777 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 294,332 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 287,522 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 339,832 ha | +18.2% |
| 1986 | 332,022 ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 338,852 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 354,482 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 334,152 ha | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 326,428 ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 372,925 ha | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 350,056 ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 330,762 ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 303,322 ha | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 367,649 ha | +21.2% |
| 1996 | 393,108 ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 336,460 ha | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 333,109 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 325,309 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 334,587 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 338,368 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 343,357 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 374,726 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 398,886 ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 448,984 ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 415,861 ha | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 389,559 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 438,208 ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 452,298 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 470,105 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 506,188 ha | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 540,169 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 537,845 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 560,863 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 583,620 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 568,652 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 580,288 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 588,014 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 601,750 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 697,418 ha | +15.9% |
| 2021 | 612,482 ha | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 646,908 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 689,226 ha | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 700,924 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 194,879 ha | 177,846 ha | 207,366 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 240,824 ha | 194,799 ha | 300,206 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 317,984 ha | 287,522 ha | 354,482 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343,913 ha | 303,322 ha | 393,108 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 393,483 ha | 334,587 ha | 452,298 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 553,749 ha | 470,105 ha | 601,750 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 669,392 ha | 612,482 ha | 700,924 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 15 Indonesia 753,012 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 28,124 ha compare
- 16 Malawi 636,964 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha compare
- 17 Cambodia 607,266 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 16,385 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 7,070 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 1,743 ha compare
- 20 Benin 520,628 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,382 ha compare
- 21 Peru 505,494 ha compare
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 14.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 7.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate -0.521 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern Africa was 700,924 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 700,924 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 177,846 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.