Apples — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Apples — Area harvested was 2,011 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — area harvested in Israel stood at 2,011 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.8% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Israel peaked at 6,060 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Israel 68th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1963 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 2,200 ha | +41.9% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,740 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 3,050 ha | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 2,910 ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 2,980 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 2,900 ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 2,920 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 3,160 ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 3,840 ha | +21.5% |
| 1984 | 3,660 ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 3,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 3,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 3,590 ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 3,750 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 3,830 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 4,330 ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 4,390 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 4,550 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 4,700 ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 4,905 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 4,750 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 4,420 ha | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 4,410 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 4,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 5,980 ha | +39.1% |
| 2000 | 6,060 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 5,790 ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 5,520 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 4,970 ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 4,480 ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 4,430 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 3,970 ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 3,200 ha | -19.4% |
| 2008 | 3,050 ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 2,980 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 2,910 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 2,920 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,370 ha | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 2,629 ha | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 2,685 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,991 ha | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 3,020 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,960 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 2,823 ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 2,775 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,690 ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 2,398 ha | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 2,573 ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 2,573 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,011 ha | -21.8% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 2,011 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 45% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Israel's 2,011 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 10% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +41.9% | 1,550 ha | 2,200 ha |
| 1999 | +39.1% | 4,300 ha | 5,980 ha |
| 1962 | +36.4% | 1,100 ha | 1,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,950 ha | 1,100 ha | 2,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,648 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,050 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,515 ha | 2,900 ha | 3,840 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,674 ha | 4,300 ha | 5,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,445 ha | 2,980 ha | 6,060 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,808 ha | 2,370 ha | 3,020 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,449 ha | 2,011 ha | 2,690 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Israel?
- Apples — area harvested in Israel was 2,011 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 6,060 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Israel rank for apples — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 68th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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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About this data
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.