africaAPI

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Agriculture

Use indicators and data endpoints to work with agricultural land, crop production, yields, irrigation, and livestock.

Agriculture In Africa API

Agriculture data is exposed through the shared indicator and data endpoints.

Use:

  • GET /v1/indicators?category=agriculture
  • GET /v1/data?category=agriculture
  • GET /v1/countries/{country_code}/profile
  • GET /v1/sources/faostat_agriculture

Useful Metrics

  • agricultural_land_1000ha
  • arable_land_1000ha
  • forest_land_1000ha
  • land_equipped_for_irrigation_1000ha
  • maize_production_tonnes
  • wheat_production_tonnes
  • rice_production_tonnes
  • maize_yield_kg_per_ha
  • wheat_yield_kg_per_ha
  • rice_yield_kg_per_ha
  • cattle_stock_head
  • chicken_stock_1000_head

Example Query

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_codes=ng,et,za&metric_key=maize_production_tonnes&year=2024" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Indicators

Inspect the agriculture metric catalog and coverage.

Data

Query latest agriculture values or full time series.

Sources

Review FAOSTAT provenance and ETL status.

Demographics

Use indicators and data endpoints to work with population, age, fertility, and dependency metrics.

Economy

Use indicators and data endpoints to work with GDP, inflation, unemployment, and other macro signals.

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Agriculture In Africa APIUseful MetricsExample Query