Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Vanilla, raw — Area harvested was 75,943 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vanilla, raw — area harvested in Africa is 75,943 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vanilla, raw — area harvested in Africa peaked at 78,006 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6,550 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,137 ha | 6,550 ha | 7,645 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,977 ha | 7,350 ha | 11,335 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,834 ha | 25,675 ha | 30,375 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,668 ha | 24,808 ha | 32,849 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,557 ha | 26,886 ha | 70,695 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,392 ha | 69,783 ha | 78,006 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,311 ha | 75,943 ha | 77,291 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vanilla, raw — area harvested in Africa?
- Vanilla, raw — area harvested in Africa was 75,943 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 78,006 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,550 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for vanilla, raw — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vanilla, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 Vanilla, 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.