Wheat — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Wheat — Area harvested was 21,627 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Angola is 21,627 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.3% on the previous year and up 342.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Angola peaked at 21,627 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1999.
That places Angola 89th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 17,000 ha | +30.8% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1981 | 9,500 ha | -20.8% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1983 | 6,400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 4,800 ha | -25.0% |
| 1985 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,127 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 3,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 3,385 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 4,214 ha | +40.5% |
| 1996 | 3,806 ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 3,544 ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 2,300 ha | -34.3% |
| 2000 | 2,349 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 2,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 2,583 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 2,837 ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 3,175 ha | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 3,683 ha | +16.0% |
| 2006 | 4,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 3,650 ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 4,265 ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 3,420 ha | -19.8% |
| 2014 | 4,891 ha | +43.0% |
| 2015 | 4,910 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,405 ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 5,738 ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 4,841 ha | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 6,302 ha | +30.2% |
| 2020 | 6,535 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 19,756 ha | +202.3% |
| 2022 | 13,700 ha | -30.7% |
| 2023 | 17,983 ha | +31.3% |
| 2024 | 21,627 ha | +20.3% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 21,627 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 39% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Angola's 21,627 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +202.3% | 6,535 ha | 19,756 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,889 ha | 14,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,800 ha | 13,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,750 ha | 3,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,358 ha | 2,300 ha | 4,214 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,303 ha | 2,349 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,722 ha | 3,420 ha | 6,302 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,920 ha | 6,535 ha | 21,627 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Angola?
- Wheat — area harvested in Angola was 21,627 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 21,627 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1999.
- How does Angola rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 89th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 342.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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.