Vetches — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Vetches — Area harvested was 147,376 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vetches — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vetches — area harvested in Africa stood at 147,376 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Africa peaked at 219,259 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 42,119 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vetches — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,119 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,663 ha | +17.9% |
| 1963 | 52,550 ha | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 53,580 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 54,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 55,590 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 55,910 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 59,490 ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 52,360 ha | -12.0% |
| 1970 | 56,160 ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 59,620 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 69,710 ha | +16.9% |
| 1973 | 84,170 ha | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 72,730 ha | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 78,360 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 90,400 ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 79,500 ha | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 72,210 ha | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 79,450 ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 104,740 ha | +31.8% |
| 1981 | 62,890 ha | -40.0% |
| 1982 | 65,750 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 57,400 ha | -12.7% |
| 1984 | 55,590 ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 70,080 ha | +26.1% |
| 1986 | 86,550 ha | +23.5% |
| 1987 | 69,880 ha | -19.3% |
| 1988 | 91,100 ha | +30.4% |
| 1989 | 84,330 ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 71,660 ha | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 86,420 ha | +20.6% |
| 1992 | 97,748 ha | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 97,280 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 122,073 ha | +25.5% |
| 1995 | 113,883 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 108,850 ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 113,499 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 127,141 ha | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 127,963 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 139,932 ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 140,478 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 113,627 ha | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 110,753 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 109,098 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 140,429 ha | +28.7% |
| 2006 | 143,004 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 140,369 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 163,248 ha | +16.3% |
| 2009 | 155,146 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 147,019 ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 195,396 ha | +32.9% |
| 2012 | 219,259 ha | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 175,619 ha | -19.9% |
| 2014 | 145,460 ha | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 166,794 ha | +14.7% |
| 2016 | 158,618 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 150,913 ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 138,098 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 153,120 ha | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 151,510 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 156,137 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 165,209 ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 151,373 ha | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 147,376 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,818 ha | 42,119 ha | 59,490 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 74,231 ha | 56,160 ha | 90,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 74,831 ha | 55,590 ha | 104,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 106,652 ha | 71,660 ha | 127,963 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 135,608 ha | 109,098 ha | 163,248 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 165,030 ha | 138,098 ha | 219,259 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,321 ha | 147,376 ha | 165,209 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 Ethiopia 139,813 ha compare
- 3 Spain 127,005 ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 32,952 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 78,047 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 1,235 ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 75,750 ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 102 ha compare
- 6 Australia 36,895 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 36,895 ha compare
- 8 Greece 31,977 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Africa?
- Vetches — area harvested in Africa was 147,376 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 219,259 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,119 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vetches — 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.