Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1.06 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 1.06 million ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 1.06 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 128,398 ha, in 1962.
Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130,797 ha | — |
| 1962 | 128,398 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 130,420 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 136,361 ha | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 140,270 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 145,919 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 148,068 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 152,028 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 153,675 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 159,081 ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 161,768 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 174,063 ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 180,243 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 182,519 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 190,055 ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 203,355 ha | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 204,690 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 188,165 ha | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 195,080 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 200,338 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 204,853 ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 206,553 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 208,983 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 210,003 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 213,723 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 213,448 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 215,148 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 219,413 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 222,073 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 285,707 ha | +28.7% |
| 1991 | 292,129 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 313,427 ha | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 337,894 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 360,482 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 384,292 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 401,150 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 422,557 ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 459,005 ha | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 464,432 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 475,926 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 489,598 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 514,623 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 579,073 ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 578,205 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 529,345 ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 542,619 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 595,230 ha | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 675,138 ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 794,320 ha | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 842,408 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 810,605 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 834,342 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 833,346 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 905,499 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 950,057 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 983,891 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 953,380 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 976,969 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 982,297 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.01 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 999,995 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.01 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.02 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million ha | +3.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +28.7% | 222,073 ha | 285,707 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 140,660 ha | 128,398 ha | 153,675 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 183,902 ha | 159,081 ha | 204,690 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 211,454 ha | 200,338 ha | 222,073 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 372,108 ha | 285,707 ha | 464,432 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 577,408 ha | 475,926 ha | 794,320 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 907,279 ha | 810,605 ha | 983,891 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million ha | 999,995 ha | 1.06 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 China 23.76 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 23.64 million ha compare
- 3 India 9.16 million ha compare
- 4 Nigeria 4.67 million ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 1.04 million ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 683,724 ha compare
- 5 USSR 1.66 million ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.19 million ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 443,420 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Middle Africa was 1.06 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 128,398 ha in 1962.
- How does Middle Africa rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.