Apples — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Apples — Area harvested was 46,440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 46,440 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 85.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 46,440 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,800 ha, in 1976.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,120 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,050 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 10,180 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 12,040 ha | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 12,360 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 6,070 ha | -50.9% |
| 1969 | 6,120 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 6,140 ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 7,960 ha | +29.6% |
| 1972 | 8,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 6,685 ha | -17.5% |
| 1974 | 6,315 ha | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 6,835 ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 4,800 ha | -29.8% |
| 1977 | 5,185 ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 5,705 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 5,757 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 6,555 ha | +13.9% |
| 1981 | 6,479 ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 6,372 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 6,277 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 6,187 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 6,379 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 6,321 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 6,003 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 6,204 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 6,437 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 9,673 ha | +50.3% |
| 1991 | 9,706 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 10,257 ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 10,143 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 8,712 ha | -14.1% |
| 1995 | 9,301 ha | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 9,972 ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 10,723 ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 11,434 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 12,165 ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 13,078 ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 13,195 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 13,289 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 12,318 ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 12,120 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 12,742 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 17,286 ha | +35.7% |
| 2007 | 17,549 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 17,767 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 19,593 ha | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 19,888 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 20,759 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 21,736 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 22,322 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 25,066 ha | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 26,259 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 32,599 ha | +24.1% |
| 2017 | 38,131 ha | +17.0% |
| 2018 | 39,959 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 39,460 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 38,758 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 44,053 ha | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 43,759 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 45,014 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 46,440 ha | +3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | -50.9% | 12,360 ha | 6,070 ha |
| 1990 | +50.3% | 6,437 ha | 9,673 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,353 ha | 6,070 ha | 12,360 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,348 ha | 4,800 ha | 8,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,321 ha | 6,003 ha | 6,555 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,209 ha | 8,712 ha | 12,165 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,894 ha | 12,120 ha | 19,593 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,618 ha | 19,888 ha | 39,959 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,605 ha | 38,758 ha | 46,440 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 120,514 ha compare
- 3 USSR 1.30 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 68,637 ha compare
- 4 India 304,130 ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 189,893 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 48,092 ha compare
- 6 Poland 148,000 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 37,309 ha compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 123,847 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 730 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 76,300 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 68,779 ha compare
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Apples — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 46,440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 46,440 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,800 ha in 1976.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for apples — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.