Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1.61 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1.61 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 2.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 1.61 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 368,232 ha, in 1962.
That places Northern Africa 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 369,169 ha | — |
| 1962 | 368,232 ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 406,473 ha | +10.4% |
| 1964 | 423,623 ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 427,810 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 441,889 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 436,947 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 468,620 ha | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 485,089 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 487,921 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 506,305 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 525,069 ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 562,476 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 586,292 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 620,174 ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 649,989 ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 650,998 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 657,342 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 676,814 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 682,514 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 694,177 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 682,699 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 723,659 ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 731,267 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 782,709 ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 820,794 ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 848,483 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 849,095 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 849,019 ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 858,098 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 893,019 ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 892,114 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 892,337 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 913,523 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 928,457 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 1.01 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 1.04 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 1.09 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 1.13 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 1.15 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 1.19 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 1.27 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 1.28 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.30 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.36 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 1.36 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.37 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 1.43 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1.47 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.47 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.44 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 1.43 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.49 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 1.54 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 1.48 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 1.48 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.50 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.53 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.53 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.47 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 1.53 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.58 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 1.61 million ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 425,317 ha | 368,232 ha | 485,089 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 592,338 ha | 487,921 ha | 676,814 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 766,442 ha | 682,514 ha | 849,095 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 965,231 ha | 858,098 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.28 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.54 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 5 |
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- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 2 kg/An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Northern Africa was 1.61 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 368,232 ha in 1962.
- How does Northern Africa rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 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.