Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Africa

Africa: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 146,512 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
146,512 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.7%
Rank
9th
of 29 groups
All-time high
169,144 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
146,512 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Africa, 2001–2024

050.0k100.0k150.0k2001201220242001: 169.1k 1000 ha2002: 157.3k 1000 ha2003: 160.6k 1000 ha2004: 153.3k 1000 ha2005: 150.1k 1000 ha2006: 149.8k 1000 ha2007: 148.9k 1000 ha2008: 152.1k 1000 ha2009: 153.0k 1000 ha2010: 152.8k 1000 ha2011: 149.3k 1000 ha2012: 149.1k 1000 ha2013: 147.2k 1000 ha2014: 149.2k 1000 ha2015: 150.3k 1000 ha2016: 152.3k 1000 ha2017: 155.2k 1000 ha2018: 155.4k 1000 ha2019: 152.3k 1000 ha2020: 148.3k 1000 ha2021: 148.0k 1000 ha2022: 151.0k 1000 ha2023: 149.1k 1000 ha2024: 146.5k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Africa recorded 146,512 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Africa peaked at 169,144 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 146,512 1000 ha, in 2024.

That places Africa 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 154,933 1000 ha 148,939 1000 ha 169,144 1000 ha 9
2010s 151,306 1000 ha 147,217 1000 ha 155,352 1000 ha 10
2020s 148,602 1000 ha 146,512 1000 ha 151,021 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 6 Brazil 42,871 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Ukraine 39,775 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Nigeria 37,784 1000 ha compare
  4. 9 Argentina 36,041 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Australia and New Zealand 31,240 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Australia 31,075 1000 ha compare
  7. 12 France 21,125 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Africa?
Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Africa was 146,512 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 169,144 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 146,512 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Africa rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
Africa ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.