Apricots — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Apricots — Yield was 7,250 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Apricots — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 7,250 kg/ha for apricots — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 10,000 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,082 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Afghanistan 26th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Apricots — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,639 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,639 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,639 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,686 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1965 | 8,082 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 8,162 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 8,867 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 9,167 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 9,105 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 8,763 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 6,893 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1972 | 8,297 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1973 | 8,460 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 8,373 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 8,404 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 7,867 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 4,662 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1978 | 6,851 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1979 | 6,755 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 6,965 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 7,051 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 7,083 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 7,180 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 7,179 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,078 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 7,362 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 7,308 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 7,109 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 7,134 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 7,044 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 7,528 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 7,413 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 7,255 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 7,358 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 7,282 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 7,393 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 7,422 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 7,446 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 7,459 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 7,445 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 7,308 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 7,296 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,177 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 7,085 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 6,870 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 6,227 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 7,250 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 7,445 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 7,344 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 8,000 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 8,172 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 10,000 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 9,994 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 9,994 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9,619 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 2,082 kg/ha | -78.4% |
| 2017 | 7,296 kg/ha | +250.4% |
| 2018 | 5,893 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2019 | 7,301 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2020 | 7,539 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 7,662 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 6,379 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 6,883 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 7,250 kg/ha | +5.3% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 7,250 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,022 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +250.4% | 2,082 kg/ha | 7,296 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -78.4% | 9,619 kg/ha | 2,082 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +47.0% | 4,662 kg/ha | 6,851 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -40.7% | 7,867 kg/ha | 4,662 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,887 kg/ha | 6,639 kg/ha | 9,167 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,533 kg/ha | 4,662 kg/ha | 8,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,145 kg/ha | 6,965 kg/ha | 7,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,360 kg/ha | 7,044 kg/ha | 7,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,145 kg/ha | 6,227 kg/ha | 7,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,835 kg/ha | 2,082 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,142 kg/ha | 6,379 kg/ha | 7,662 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Afghanistan?
- Apricots — yield in Afghanistan was 7,250 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,082 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Afghanistan rank for apricots — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 26th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.