Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Northern Africa

Northern Africa: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 584,946 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
584,946 ha
Change on year
up 2.1%
Rank
20th
of 28 groups
All-time high
584,946 ha
in 2024
All-time low
99,100 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024

100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k600.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for treenuts, total — area harvested in Northern Africa is 584,946 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 584,946 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 99,100 ha, in 1961.

Northern Africa ranks 20th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 99,100 ha
1962 112,100 ha +13.1%
1963 99,100 ha -11.6%
1964 135,000 ha +36.2%
1965 134,600 ha -0.3%
1966 153,500 ha +14.0%
1967 123,700 ha -19.4%
1968 190,800 ha +54.2%
1969 106,300 ha -44.3%
1970 195,500 ha +83.9%
1971 195,100 ha -0.2%
1972 201,155 ha +3.1%
1973 204,200 ha +1.5%
1974 208,000 ha +1.9%
1975 213,677 ha +2.7%
1976 225,350 ha +5.5%
1977 219,520 ha -2.6%
1978 217,960 ha -0.7%
1979 222,280 ha +2.0%
1980 238,900 ha +7.5%
1981 282,934 ha +18.4%
1982 274,350 ha -3.0%
1983 368,880 ha +34.5%
1984 419,790 ha +13.8%
1985 312,314 ha -25.6%
1986 328,967 ha +5.3%
1987 346,907 ha +5.5%
1988 360,462 ha +3.9%
1989 370,031 ha +2.7%
1990 374,780 ha +1.3%
1991 379,264 ha +1.2%
1992 406,645 ha +7.2%
1993 406,182 ha -0.1%
1994 415,474 ha +2.3%
1995 418,843 ha +0.8%
1996 420,893 ha +0.5%
1997 423,260 ha +0.6%
1998 421,476 ha -0.4%
1999 439,576 ha +4.3%
2000 451,854 ha +2.8%
2001 453,625 ha +0.4%
2002 444,399 ha -2.0%
2003 376,763 ha -15.2%
2004 404,029 ha +7.2%
2005 465,746 ha +15.3%
2006 460,252 ha -1.2%
2007 475,352 ha +3.3%
2008 448,215 ha -5.7%
2009 470,773 ha +5.0%
2010 460,071 ha -2.3%
2011 481,355 ha +4.6%
2012 489,672 ha +1.7%
2013 495,333 ha +1.2%
2014 494,933 ha -0.1%
2015 483,743 ha -2.3%
2016 500,484 ha +3.5%
2017 528,995 ha +5.7%
2018 529,320 ha +0.1%
2019 552,245 ha +4.3%
2020 523,030 ha -5.3%
2021 541,773 ha +3.6%
2022 561,413 ha +3.6%
2023 572,851 ha +2.0%
2024 584,946 ha +2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 128,244 ha 99,100 ha 190,800 ha 9
1970s 210,274 ha 195,100 ha 225,350 ha 10
1980s 330,354 ha 238,900 ha 419,790 ha 10
1990s 410,639 ha 374,780 ha 439,576 ha 10
2000s 445,101 ha 376,763 ha 475,352 ha 10
2010s 501,615 ha 460,071 ha 552,245 ha 10
2020s 556,803 ha 523,030 ha 584,946 ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern Africa

  1. 17 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
  2. 18 Australia and New Zealand 129,264 ha compare
  3. 19 Australia 129,000 ha compare
  4. 20 Chile 103,034 ha compare
  5. 21 USSR 85,857 ha compare
  6. 22 Mali 71,212 ha compare
  7. 23 Azerbaijan 65,475 ha compare

See the full ranking of 164 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is treenuts, total — area harvested in Northern Africa?
Treenuts, total — area harvested in Northern Africa was 584,946 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 584,946 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 99,100 ha in 1961.
How does Northern Africa rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern 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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Indicator
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
164 places, 7,620 data points, 1961–2024
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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.