Avocados — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Avocados — Area harvested was 106,477 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 106,477 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 69.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 116,089 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1963.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,650 ha | +32.5% |
| 1966 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,750 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 2,950 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 3,090 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 3,420 ha | +10.7% |
| 1973 | 3,545 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 4,560 ha | +28.6% |
| 1975 | 5,040 ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 5,140 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 7,535 ha | +46.6% |
| 1978 | 8,465 ha | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 7,025 ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 7,155 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 7,390 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 7,535 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 7,745 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 7,870 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 16,760 ha | +113.0% |
| 1986 | 16,680 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 17,040 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 17,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 17,420 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 16,802 ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 17,313 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 15,910 ha | -8.1% |
| 1993 | 16,742 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 16,064 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 15,501 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 15,067 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 15,588 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 15,535 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 17,609 ha | +13.4% |
| 2000 | 29,495 ha | +67.5% |
| 2001 | 22,049 ha | -25.2% |
| 2002 | 23,068 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 23,712 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 23,376 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 25,173 ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 26,583 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 29,013 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 25,833 ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 28,705 ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 31,493 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 35,364 ha | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 37,162 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 39,825 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 62,768 ha | +57.6% |
| 2015 | 85,159 ha | +35.7% |
| 2016 | 116,089 ha | +36.3% |
| 2017 | 107,159 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 99,753 ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 95,702 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 101,122 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 99,198 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 99,034 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 104,799 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 106,477 ha | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +113.0% | 7,870 ha | 16,760 ha |
| 2000 | +67.5% | 17,609 ha | 29,495 ha |
| 2014 | +57.6% | 39,825 ha | 62,768 ha |
| 1977 | +46.6% | 5,140 ha | 7,535 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,467 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,077 ha | 2,950 ha | 8,465 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,270 ha | 7,155 ha | 17,420 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,213 ha | 15,067 ha | 17,609 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,701 ha | 22,049 ha | 29,495 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,047 ha | 31,493 ha | 116,089 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,126 ha | 99,034 ha | 106,477 ha | 5 |
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Avocados — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 106,477 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 116,089 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.6%. 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 Avocados — 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.