Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa

Northern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1.61 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.61 million ha
Change on year
up 2.2%
Rank
14th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1.61 million ha
in 2024
All-time low
368,232 ha
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Northern Africa

  1. 11 Mexico 670,490 ha compare
  2. 12 Ethiopia 592,759 ha compare
  3. 13 Russian Federation 462,245 ha compare
  4. 14 Guinea 445,689 ha compare
  5. 15 Pakistan 426,309 ha compare
  6. 16 Ukraine 386,779 ha compare
  7. 17 Myanmar 380,654 ha compare

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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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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,973 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.