Spinach — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Spinach — Area harvested was 14,359 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Africa is 14,359 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Africa peaked at 15,151 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,260 ha, in 1962.
That places Africa 14th out of 25 groups 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.
Spinach — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,680 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,260 ha | -15.7% |
| 1963 | 2,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,360 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 3,180 ha | +34.7% |
| 1966 | 3,329 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 3,619 ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 4,300 ha | +18.8% |
| 1969 | 3,800 ha | -11.6% |
| 1970 | 4,420 ha | +16.3% |
| 1971 | 3,680 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 4,100 ha | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 4,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 3,980 ha | -9.5% |
| 1975 | 4,400 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 5,005 ha | +13.8% |
| 1977 | 4,450 ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 4,489 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 4,649 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 5,030 ha | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 5,351 ha | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 4,915 ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 5,320 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 4,600 ha | -13.5% |
| 1985 | 5,400 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 5,020 ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 4,920 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 5,510 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 4,400 ha | -20.1% |
| 1990 | 5,103 ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 3,440 ha | -32.6% |
| 1992 | 3,799 ha | +10.4% |
| 1993 | 4,142 ha | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 5,571 ha | +34.5% |
| 1995 | 5,783 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 5,195 ha | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 6,326 ha | +21.8% |
| 1998 | 5,321 ha | -15.9% |
| 1999 | 5,204 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 5,081 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 4,940 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 4,318 ha | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 5,230 ha | +21.1% |
| 2004 | 6,189 ha | +18.3% |
| 2005 | 5,913 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 10,227 ha | +73.0% |
| 2007 | 12,569 ha | +22.9% |
| 2008 | 13,279 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 7,067 ha | -46.8% |
| 2010 | 6,362 ha | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 6,847 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 7,611 ha | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 7,615 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 12,586 ha | +65.3% |
| 2015 | 7,937 ha | -36.9% |
| 2016 | 7,802 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 9,806 ha | +25.7% |
| 2018 | 11,658 ha | +18.9% |
| 2019 | 12,222 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 12,597 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 13,390 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 13,919 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 15,151 ha | +8.9% |
| 2024 | 14,359 ha | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,088 ha | 2,260 ha | 4,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,357 ha | 3,680 ha | 5,005 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,047 ha | 4,400 ha | 5,510 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,988 ha | 3,440 ha | 6,326 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,481 ha | 4,318 ha | 13,279 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,045 ha | 6,362 ha | 12,586 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,883 ha | 12,597 ha | 15,151 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Africa?
- Spinach — area harvested in Africa was 14,359 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 15,151 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,260 ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 14th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.