Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 5.32 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 5.32 million ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Africa peaked at 5.32 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 426,800 ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 426,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 483,900 ha | +13.4% |
| 1963 | 494,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 562,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 1965 | 559,700 ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 569,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 560,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 764,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1969 | 647,100 ha | -15.3% |
| 1970 | 830,323 ha | +28.3% |
| 1971 | 865,980 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 847,055 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 940,200 ha | +11.0% |
| 1974 | 884,620 ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 860,437 ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 721,750 ha | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 710,666 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 620,060 ha | -12.7% |
| 1979 | 588,250 ha | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 582,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 663,714 ha | +13.9% |
| 1982 | 614,080 ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 634,110 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 713,090 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 653,374 ha | -8.4% |
| 1986 | 677,447 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 702,547 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 738,462 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 807,451 ha | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 765,630 ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 853,964 ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 951,392 ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 971,269 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1.01 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 1.18 million ha | +17.1% |
| 1996 | 1.26 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 1.42 million ha | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 1.46 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 1.66 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2000 | 1.71 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 1.74 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 1.93 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2003 | 1.92 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 2.10 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 2.25 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 2.53 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 2.80 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 2.88 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 3.28 million ha | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 3.02 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 3.43 million ha | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 3.48 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 3.72 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 3.79 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 4.31 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 3.85 million ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 4.24 million ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 5.03 million ha | +18.6% |
| 2019 | 3.88 million ha | -22.9% |
| 2020 | 4.17 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 4.30 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 4.65 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 4.85 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 5.32 million ha | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 563,044 ha | 426,800 ha | 764,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 786,934 ha | 588,250 ha | 940,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 678,708 ha | 582,800 ha | 807,451 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.15 million ha | 765,630 ha | 1.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.32 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 3.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.88 million ha | 3.02 million ha | 5.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.66 million ha | 4.17 million ha | 5.32 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is treenuts, total — area harvested in Africa?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Africa was 5.32 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.32 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 426,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.1%. 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 Treenuts, 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.