Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 17,846 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
17,846 1000 ha
Change on year
down 2.3%
Rank
22nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
21,361 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
17,700 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2001201220242001: 21.4k 1000 ha2002: 19.6k 1000 ha2003: 20.6k 1000 ha2004: 19.4k 1000 ha2005: 19.1k 1000 ha2006: 18.5k 1000 ha2007: 18.8k 1000 ha2008: 19.1k 1000 ha2009: 18.8k 1000 ha2010: 19.1k 1000 ha2011: 18.7k 1000 ha2012: 18.8k 1000 ha2013: 18.3k 1000 ha2014: 18.0k 1000 ha2015: 17.7k 1000 ha2016: 18.1k 1000 ha2017: 18.1k 1000 ha2018: 18.3k 1000 ha2019: 18.1k 1000 ha2020: 18.0k 1000 ha2021: 18.2k 1000 ha2022: 18.9k 1000 ha2023: 18.3k 1000 ha2024: 17.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Middle Africa recorded 17,846 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Middle Africa peaked at 21,361 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 17,700 1000 ha, in 2015.

Middle Africa ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 19,472 1000 ha 18,536 1000 ha 21,361 1000 ha 9
2010s 18,328 1000 ha 17,700 1000 ha 19,121 1000 ha 10
2020s 18,248 1000 ha 17,846 1000 ha 18,887 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Middle Africa

  1. 19 Myanmar 13,817 1000 ha compare
  2. 20 Spain 13,503 1000 ha compare
  3. 21 Germany 13,190 1000 ha compare
  4. 22 Kazakhstan 12,888 1000 ha compare
  5. 23 Italy 10,859 1000 ha compare
  6. 24 Chad 10,706 1000 ha compare
  7. 25 Romania 10,218 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Middle Africa?
Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Middle Africa was 17,846 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 Middle Africa?
The highest recorded value was 21,361 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Middle Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 17,700 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Middle Africa rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
Middle Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Middle Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 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.