Rye — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Rye — Area harvested was 53,355 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rye — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 53,355 ha for rye — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Africa peaked at 134,060 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 19,281 ha, in 2003.
Africa ranks 15th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,797 ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,970 ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 66,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 1964 | 89,000 ha | +34.8% |
| 1965 | 116,660 ha | +31.1% |
| 1966 | 127,900 ha | +9.6% |
| 1967 | 134,060 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 113,000 ha | -15.7% |
| 1969 | 100,500 ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 33,200 ha | -67.0% |
| 1971 | 26,900 ha | -19.0% |
| 1972 | 35,700 ha | +32.7% |
| 1973 | 37,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 37,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 30,500 ha | -18.0% |
| 1976 | 32,500 ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 21,700 ha | -33.2% |
| 1978 | 27,000 ha | +24.4% |
| 1979 | 38,300 ha | +41.9% |
| 1980 | 35,350 ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1982 | 36,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 35,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 31,500 ha | -11.5% |
| 1985 | 27,500 ha | -12.7% |
| 1986 | 29,950 ha | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 28,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 38,000 ha | +35.7% |
| 1989 | 100,100 ha | +163.4% |
| 1990 | 70,628 ha | -29.4% |
| 1991 | 74,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 43,800 ha | -41.4% |
| 1993 | 56,163 ha | +28.2% |
| 1994 | 58,900 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 59,930 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 60,248 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 54,493 ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 55,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 31,391 ha | -43.0% |
| 2000 | 19,996 ha | -36.3% |
| 2001 | 22,074 ha | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 19,332 ha | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 19,281 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 20,006 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 31,212 ha | +56.0% |
| 2006 | 43,889 ha | +40.6% |
| 2007 | 45,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 53,877 ha | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 54,424 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 54,633 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 52,924 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 50,990 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 50,472 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 50,542 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 50,803 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 51,942 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 52,643 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 52,781 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 53,080 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 53,053 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 53,250 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 53,159 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 53,249 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 53,355 ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — Area harvested in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +163.4% | 38,000 ha | 100,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95,321 ha | 52,797 ha | 134,060 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,000 ha | 21,700 ha | 38,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,200 ha | 27,500 ha | 100,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,530 ha | 31,391 ha | 74,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,929 ha | 19,281 ha | 54,424 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,081 ha | 50,472 ha | 54,633 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,213 ha | 53,053 ha | 53,355 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 12 Czechoslovakia 89,142 ha compare
- 13 Iraq 74,397 ha compare
- 14 Ukraine 69,700 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 47,869 ha compare
- 16 Australia 41,335 ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 41,335 ha compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 36,840 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — area harvested in Africa?
- Rye — area harvested in Africa was 53,355 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 134,060 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,281 ha in 2003.
- How does Africa rank for rye — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 15th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — 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.