Wheat — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Wheat — Area harvested was 8.89 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 8.89 million ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Africa peaked at 10.87 million ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 7.36 million ha, in 1966.
Africa ranks 16th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.39 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.45 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 8.00 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 7.84 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 8.17 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 7.36 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1967 | 8.22 million ha | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 8.85 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 9.01 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 9.28 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 9.23 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 9.70 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 9.25 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 8.95 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 8.81 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 9.21 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 8.54 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 8.37 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 8.44 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 8.12 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 7.87 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 7.98 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 8.03 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 8.03 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8.35 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 8.24 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 8.47 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 7.61 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 8.60 million ha | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 8.57 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 9.31 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 8.05 million ha | -13.5% |
| 1993 | 8.00 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 7.96 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 8.09 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 10.87 million ha | +34.4% |
| 1997 | 8.27 million ha | -23.9% |
| 1998 | 10.08 million ha | +22.0% |
| 1999 | 8.50 million ha | -15.7% |
| 2000 | 8.15 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 8.94 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 7.98 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 9.69 million ha | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 9.93 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 9.78 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 10.02 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 9.28 million ha | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 8.62 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 10.35 million ha | +20.1% |
| 2010 | 9.55 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 10.06 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 10.30 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 10.05 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 9.90 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 10.22 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 9.66 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 10.48 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 10.15 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 9.81 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 10.15 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 9.81 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 9.68 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 9.41 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 8.89 million ha | -5.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +34.4% | 8.09 million ha | 10.87 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.03 million ha | 7.36 million ha | 9.01 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.98 million ha | 8.37 million ha | 9.70 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.13 million ha | 7.61 million ha | 8.60 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.77 million ha | 7.96 million ha | 10.87 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.27 million ha | 7.98 million ha | 10.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.02 million ha | 9.55 million ha | 10.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.59 million ha | 8.89 million ha | 10.15 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Africa?
- Wheat — area harvested in Africa was 8.89 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10.87 million ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.36 million ha in 1966.
- How does Africa rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. 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 Wheat — 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.