Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Africa
Africa: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 146,512 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Africa, 2001–2024
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 8th out of 26 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.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 169,144 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 157,251 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 160,646 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 153,350 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 150,130 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 149,828 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 148,939 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 152,143 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 152,966 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 152,780 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 149,317 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 149,121 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 147,217 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 149,211 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 150,278 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 152,293 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 155,227 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 155,352 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 152,265 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 148,342 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 148,035 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 151,021 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 149,102 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 146,512 1000 ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 5 Canada 48,971 1000 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 5,737 1000 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 42,871 1000 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 4,215 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,159 1000 ha compare
- 7 Ukraine 39,775 1000 ha compare
- 8 Nigeria 37,784 1000 ha compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 2,838 1000 ha compare
- 9 Argentina 36,041 1000 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,641 1000 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,771 1000 ha compare
- 10 Australia and New Zealand 31,240 1000 ha compare
- 11 Australia 31,075 1000 ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 881.55 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
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 8th out of 26 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
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.