Apples — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Apples — Area harvested was 32,280 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 32,280 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 163.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 32,280 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,220 ha, in 1961.
That places Afghanistan 23rd out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,220 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,350 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 2,480 ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 2,740 ha | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 3,060 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 2,990 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 3,040 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 3,060 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 3,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,150 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 3,210 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 3,270 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 3,270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,280 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 3,250 ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 3,150 ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 3,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,080 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 2,960 ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 2,850 ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 2,730 ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 2,660 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 2,590 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 2,230 ha | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 2,330 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 2,340 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 2,365 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 2,346 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 2,308 ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 2,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 2,631 ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 3,135 ha | +19.2% |
| 1997 | 3,748 ha | +19.6% |
| 1998 | 4,410 ha | +17.7% |
| 1999 | 4,930 ha | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 5,598 ha | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 5,482 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 5,045 ha | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 3,935 ha | -22.0% |
| 2004 | 2,311 ha | -41.3% |
| 2005 | 2,751 ha | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 7,000 ha | +154.5% |
| 2007 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,550 ha | +22.1% |
| 2010 | 8,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8,863 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 9,148 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 10,341 ha | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 12,247 ha | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 13,038 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 19,365 ha | +48.5% |
| 2017 | 26,847 ha | +38.6% |
| 2018 | 28,381 ha | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 27,559 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 25,643 ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 30,463 ha | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 30,163 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 31,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 32,280 ha | +4.1% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 32,280 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +154.5% | 2,751 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 2016 | +48.5% | 13,038 ha | 19,365 ha |
| 2004 | -41.3% | 3,935 ha | 2,311 ha |
| 2017 | +38.6% | 19,365 ha | 26,847 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,591 ha | 2,220 ha | 3,060 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,197 ha | 3,060 ha | 3,280 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,692 ha | 2,230 ha | 3,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,052 ha | 2,300 ha | 4,930 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,467 ha | 2,311 ha | 8,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,434 ha | 8,550 ha | 28,381 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,910 ha | 25,643 ha | 32,280 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 20 Republic of Korea 33,313 ha compare
- 21 Germany 33,110 ha compare
- 22 Brazil 33,054 ha compare
- 24 Algeria 31,875 ha compare
- 25 South Africa 31,099 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 100 ha compare
- 26 Czechoslovakia 30,842 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Apples — area harvested in Afghanistan was 32,280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 32,280 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,220 ha in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for apples — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 23rd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 163.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.