Apricots — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Apricots — Production was 172,463 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 172,463 t for apricots — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and up 81.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 212,542 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 23,810 t, in 2016.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apricots — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 32,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 32,400 t | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 39,600 t | +22.2% |
| 1965 | 43,900 t | +10.9% |
| 1966 | 48,900 t | +11.4% |
| 1967 | 59,200 t | +21.1% |
| 1968 | 59,800 t | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 60,300 t | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 58,300 t | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 45,859 t | -21.3% |
| 1972 | 56,820 t | +23.9% |
| 1973 | 59,130 t | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 59,430 t | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 59,820 t | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 56,035 t | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 33,485 t | -40.2% |
| 1978 | 48,785 t | +45.7% |
| 1979 | 51,610 t | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 53,450 t | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 52,666 t | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 51,471 t | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 50,426 t | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 48,991 t | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 47,436 t | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 48,518 t | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 43,561 t | -10.2% |
| 1988 | 44,984 t | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 45,486 t | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 44,956 t | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 43,425 t | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 43,660 t | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 46,319 t | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 45,737 t | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 45,831 t | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 47,352 t | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 48,304 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 49,169 t | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 50,203 t | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 51,135 t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 46,122 t | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 54,133 t | +17.4% |
| 2003 | 58,630 t | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 39,830 t | -32.1% |
| 2005 | 52,816 t | +32.6% |
| 2006 | 53,326 t | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 61,482 t | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 63,071 t | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 63,761 t | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 70,426 t | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 72,065 t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 88,171 t | +22.3% |
| 2013 | 94,814 t | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 94,891 t | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 93,621 t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 23,810 t | -74.6% |
| 2017 | 136,432 t | +473.0% |
| 2018 | 113,900 t | -16.5% |
| 2019 | 134,260 t | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 136,635 t | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 212,542 t | +55.6% |
| 2022 | 175,786 t | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 179,364 t | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 172,463 t | -3.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +473.0% | 23,810 t | 136,432 t |
| 2016 | -74.6% | 93,621 t | 23,810 t |
| 2021 | +55.6% | 136,635 t | 212,542 t |
| 1978 | +45.7% | 33,485 t | 48,785 t |
| 1977 | -40.2% | 56,035 t | 33,485 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,411 t | 32,300 t | 60,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,927 t | 33,485 t | 59,820 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,699 t | 43,561 t | 53,450 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,496 t | 43,425 t | 50,203 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,431 t | 39,830 t | 63,761 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,239 t | 23,810 t | 136,432 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 175,358 t | 136,635 t | 212,542 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Uzbekistan 526,693 t compare
- 2 Tajikistan 313,052 t compare
- 2 Türkiye 1.27 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 304,118 t compare
- 3 Italy 240,080 t compare
- 4 USSR 187,000 t compare
- 5 Algeria 173,085 t compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 70,737 t compare
- 6 Pakistan 169,478 t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 15,484 t compare
- 7 Afghanistan 167,699 t compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 apricots — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Apricots — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 172,463 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 212,542 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest apricots — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,810 t in 2016.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for apricots — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th out of 8 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.7%. 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 Apricots — Production. 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.