Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Sisal, raw — Area harvested was 4,547 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 4,547 ha for sisal, raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 4,643 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 6th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,643 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 2,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 2,650 ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 2,659 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,669 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 2,680 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,695 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 2,847 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 2,889 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,944 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 3,187 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 3,241 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 3,310 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 3,393 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 3,492 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 3,609 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 4,050 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 4,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,080 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 4,410 ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 4,621 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 4,370 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 4,643 ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 4,544 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 4,519 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 4,569 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 4,544 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 4,544 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,552 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,547 ha | -0.1% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 4,547 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,302 ha, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sisal, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +30.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,200 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,450 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,790 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,502 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,669 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,068 ha | 2,680 ha | 3,492 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,290 ha | 3,609 ha | 4,643 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,551 ha | 4,544 ha | 4,569 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 3 Haiti 22,075 ha compare
- 4 Madagascar 13,899 ha compare
- 5 Mexico 7,350 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 607 ha compare
- 7 China 2,652 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 2,650 ha compare
- 8 Caribbean 24,349 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 2,057 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 sisal, raw — area harvested in Morocco?
- Sisal, raw — area harvested in Morocco was 4,547 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 4,643 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 6th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Sisal, raw — 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.