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.
Apricots — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,820 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,820 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,820 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 5,370 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 5,930 ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 6,620 ha | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 6,480 ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 6,590 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 6,630 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 6,630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,810 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 6,950 ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 7,070 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 7,080 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 7,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 7,050 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 6,810 ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 6,820 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 6,680 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 6,410 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 6,170 ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 5,920 ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 5,750 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 5,610 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 4,830 ha | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 5,050 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 5,060 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 5,115 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 4,876 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 4,951 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 5,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 5,119 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 5,150 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5,325 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 5,407 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 5,505 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 5,612 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 5,754 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 5,200 ha | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 6,272 ha | +20.6% |
| 2003 | 7,007 ha | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 5,200 ha | -25.8% |
| 2005 | 7,223 ha | +38.9% |
| 2006 | 8,030 ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 8,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,170 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 8,320 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 8,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8,350 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 9,005 ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 9,005 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9,116 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 8,595 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 18,067 ha | +110.2% |
| 2018 | 18,510 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 17,719 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 17,481 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 27,082 ha | +54.9% |
| 2022 | 26,731 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 25,374 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 23,132 ha | -8.8% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 23,132 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,822 ha, 4.8× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +110.2% | 8,595 ha | 18,067 ha |
| 2021 | +54.9% | 17,481 ha | 27,082 ha |
| 2005 | +38.9% | 5,200 ha | 7,223 ha |
| 2004 | -25.8% | 7,007 ha | 5,200 ha |
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 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 53,781 ha compare
- 3 Uzbekistan 45,040 ha compare
- 4 Algeria 24,923 ha compare
- 5 China 23,679 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 15,005 ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 3,957 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, 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 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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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.