Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested was 195,370 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 195,370 ha for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Africa peaked at 203,333 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 21,050 ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 6th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,160 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 23,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 24,730 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 23,670 ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 21,990 ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 22,713 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 23,356 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 25,601 ha | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 25,501 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 26,756 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 25,961 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 25,820 ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 25,711 ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 26,711 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 25,442 ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 24,956 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 25,779 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 24,959 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 26,360 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 24,948 ha | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 24,520 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 24,215 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 27,310 ha | +12.8% |
| 1985 | 41,662 ha | +52.6% |
| 1986 | 48,860 ha | +17.3% |
| 1987 | 50,360 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 53,208 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 53,677 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 61,087 ha | +13.8% |
| 1991 | 63,563 ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 72,510 ha | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 76,142 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 65,472 ha | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 77,334 ha | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 73,292 ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 80,644 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 83,589 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 86,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 87,430 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 90,276 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 90,894 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 92,051 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 93,792 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 96,103 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 98,932 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 99,079 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 99,341 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 98,132 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 122,816 ha | +25.2% |
| 2011 | 126,221 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 130,316 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 133,457 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 147,288 ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 155,867 ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 157,742 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 171,074 ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 170,395 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 187,458 ha | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 196,823 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 203,333 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 202,010 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 193,048 ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 195,370 ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,158 ha | 21,050 ha | 25,601 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,760 ha | 24,956 ha | 26,756 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,512 ha | 24,215 ha | 53,677 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,973 ha | 61,087 ha | 86,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,603 ha | 87,430 ha | 99,341 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 150,263 ha | 122,816 ha | 187,458 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 198,117 ha | 193,048 ha | 203,333 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Africa?
- Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Africa was 195,370 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 203,333 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,050 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.6%. 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 Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.