Apricots — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Apricots — Area harvested was 23,132 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 23,132 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 8.8% on the previous year and up 156.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 27,082 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,820 ha, in 1961.
That places Afghanistan 6th out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,617 ha | 4,820 ha | 6,620 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,921 ha | 6,630 ha | 7,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,830 ha | 4,830 ha | 6,820 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,216 ha | 4,876 ha | 5,612 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,886 ha | 5,200 ha | 8,170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,501 ha | 8,320 ha | 18,510 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,960 ha | 17,481 ha | 27,082 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 3 Uzbekistan 45,040 ha compare
- 4 Algeria 24,923 ha compare
- 5 China (People’s Republic of) 23,679 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 21,422 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 20,889 ha compare
- 9 Spain 17,300 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Apricots — area harvested in Afghanistan was 23,132 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 27,082 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,820 ha in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 6th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 156.9%. 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 Apricots — 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.