Apples — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Apples — Yield was 10,342 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in Afghanistan is 10,342 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 10,563 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,726 kg/ha, in 1977.
Afghanistan ranks 61st of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,802 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,802 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,802 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,830 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1965 | 8,226 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 8,321 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 9,020 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 9,331 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 9,276 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 8,922 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 7,026 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1972 | 8,444 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1973 | 8,598 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 8,502 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 8,532 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 8,012 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 4,726 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1978 | 6,985 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 1979 | 6,857 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 7,079 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 7,175 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 7,230 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 7,298 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 7,326 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 7,180 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 7,490 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 7,444 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 7,253 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 7,222 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 7,132 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 7,464 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 7,452 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 7,391 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 7,447 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 7,477 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 7,445 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 7,398 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 7,343 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 7,288 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 7,242 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 7,214 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 7,062 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 7,127 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 7,223 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 7,357 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 7,500 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 8,500 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 8,009 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 8,510 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 7,000 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2011 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7,652 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 7,600 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 7,300 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 6,882 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 7,276 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 6,349 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 7,653 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2019 | 9,083 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2020 | 10,563 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2021 | 10,559 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 10,556 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 10,452 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 10,342 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 10,342 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 12,692 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +47.8% | 4,726 kg/ha | 6,985 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -41.0% | 8,012 kg/ha | 4,726 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,045 kg/ha | 6,802 kg/ha | 9,331 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,660 kg/ha | 4,726 kg/ha | 8,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,270 kg/ha | 7,079 kg/ha | 7,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,384 kg/ha | 7,132 kg/ha | 7,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,574 kg/ha | 7,062 kg/ha | 8,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,380 kg/ha | 6,349 kg/ha | 9,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,494 kg/ha | 10,342 kg/ha | 10,563 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 58 Turkmenistan 10,703 kg/ha compare
- 59 Russian Federation 10,608 kg/ha compare
- 60 Bulgaria 10,433 kg/ha compare
- 62 Belarus 10,040 kg/ha compare
- 63 Réunion 10,000 kg/ha compare
- 64 Czechoslovakia 9,558 kg/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 — yield in Afghanistan?
- Apples — yield in Afghanistan was 10,342 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 10,563 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,726 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Afghanistan rank for apples — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 61st out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. 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.