Wheat — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Wheat — Area harvested was 30,918 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 30,918 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.8% on the previous year and up 123.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 30,918 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,339 ha, in 2004.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,100 ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 22,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 18,850 ha | -17.3% |
| 1965 | 22,952 ha | +21.8% |
| 1966 | 26,047 ha | +13.5% |
| 1967 | 27,835 ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 27,606 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 22,900 ha | -17.0% |
| 1970 | 24,543 ha | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 22,242 ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 21,551 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 18,669 ha | -13.4% |
| 1974 | 20,400 ha | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 19,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 22,300 ha | +12.6% |
| 1977 | 24,006 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 27,400 ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 24,686 ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 22,014 ha | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 19,614 ha | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 17,012 ha | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 23,225 ha | +36.5% |
| 1984 | 12,849 ha | -44.7% |
| 1985 | 15,302 ha | +19.1% |
| 1986 | 11,261 ha | -26.4% |
| 1987 | 11,371 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 12,800 ha | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 10,800 ha | -15.6% |
| 1990 | 12,071 ha | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 13,486 ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 12,542 ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 12,374 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 12,772 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 15,646 ha | +22.5% |
| 1996 | 13,233 ha | -15.4% |
| 1997 | 13,186 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 14,375 ha | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 12,950 ha | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 11,987 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 11,671 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 11,625 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 12,336 ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 10,339 ha | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 13,298 ha | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 13,133 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 15,823 ha | +20.5% |
| 2008 | 15,879 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 13,935 ha | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 12,007 ha | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 14,638 ha | +21.9% |
| 2012 | 15,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 12,107 ha | -21.9% |
| 2014 | 13,824 ha | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 13,494 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 15,417 ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 15,232 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 15,547 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 15,981 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 16,037 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 29,022 ha | +81.0% |
| 2022 | 22,792 ha | -21.5% |
| 2023 | 27,178 ha | +19.2% |
| 2024 | 30,918 ha | +13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,716 ha | 18,850 ha | 27,835 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,560 ha | 18,669 ha | 27,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,625 ha | 10,800 ha | 23,225 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,264 ha | 12,071 ha | 15,646 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,003 ha | 10,339 ha | 15,879 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,375 ha | 12,007 ha | 15,981 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,189 ha | 16,037 ha | 30,918 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 203,162 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 13.07 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 13.06 million ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 86,500 ha compare
- 9 Canada 10.65 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75,001 ha compare
- 10 Pakistan 9.73 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 6.34 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000 ha compare
- 12 Ukraine 4.88 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 330 ha compare
- 13 France 4.45 million ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 43 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Wheat — area harvested in Middle Africa was 30,918 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 30,918 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,339 ha in 2004.
- How does Middle Africa rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 10th out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle 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.