Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 148,901 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 148,901 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 173,850 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 66,915 ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 40th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,915 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,936 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 81,684 ha | +22.0% |
| 1964 | 92,978 ha | +13.8% |
| 1965 | 88,282 ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 82,041 ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 71,638 ha | -12.7% |
| 1968 | 74,905 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 73,013 ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 74,621 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 70,166 ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 75,816 ha | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 75,616 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 77,566 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 74,880 ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 81,002 ha | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 81,757 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 87,352 ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 85,855 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 76,855 ha | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 75,416 ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 79,154 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 82,528 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 96,470 ha | +16.9% |
| 1985 | 90,960 ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 95,712 ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 103,158 ha | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 104,526 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 103,493 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 122,399 ha | +18.3% |
| 1991 | 121,867 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 113,482 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 116,464 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 124,383 ha | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 95,501 ha | -23.2% |
| 1996 | 131,622 ha | +37.8% |
| 1997 | 132,195 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 141,632 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 135,261 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 127,793 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 137,454 ha | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 129,048 ha | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 148,407 ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 158,364 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 151,592 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 173,850 ha | +14.7% |
| 2007 | 148,853 ha | -14.4% |
| 2008 | 147,325 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 149,725 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 157,540 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 150,897 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 149,310 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 153,797 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 145,339 ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 152,252 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 122,755 ha | -19.4% |
| 2017 | 141,877 ha | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 154,492 ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 143,137 ha | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 155,019 ha | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 137,770 ha | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 132,140 ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 142,679 ha | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 148,901 ha | +4.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 148,901 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 2.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 148,901 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 3.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77,599 ha | 66,915 ha | 92,978 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,463 ha | 70,166 ha | 87,352 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 90,827 ha | 75,416 ha | 104,526 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 123,481 ha | 95,501 ha | 141,632 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 147,241 ha | 127,793 ha | 173,850 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 147,140 ha | 122,755 ha | 157,540 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 143,302 ha | 132,140 ha | 155,019 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 37 Argentina 170,781 ha compare
- 38 Burkina Faso 159,887 ha compare
- 39 South Africa 154,008 ha compare
- 41 Serbia and Montenegro 148,256 ha compare
- 42 Malawi 148,152 ha compare
- 43 Angola 137,920 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Morocco?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Morocco was 148,901 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 173,850 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,915 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.