Cabbages — Area harvested in Iceland
Iceland: Cabbages — Area harvested was 24 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Area harvested in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cabbages — area harvested in Iceland is 24 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 40.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Iceland peaked at 40 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 1992.
Iceland ranks 139th of 148 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Iceland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14 ha | +40.0% |
| 1977 | 16 ha | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 15 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 16 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 18 ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 19 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 10 ha | -47.4% |
| 1992 | 7 ha | -30.0% |
| 1993 | 20 ha | +185.7% |
| 1994 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 18 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 23 ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 35 ha | +40.0% |
| 2004 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 20 ha | -50.0% |
| 2006 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23 ha | +27.8% |
| 2012 | 28 ha | +21.7% |
| 2013 | 13 ha | -53.6% |
| 2014 | 16 ha | +23.1% |
| 2015 | 17 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20 ha | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 13 ha | -35.0% |
| 2019 | 25 ha | +92.3% |
| 2020 | 40 ha | +60.0% |
| 2021 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 24 ha | -40.0% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 24 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 875.5 ha, 3% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 24 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,680 ha, 1% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — Area harvested in Iceland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +185.7% | 7 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | +92.3% | 13 ha | 25 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.89 ha | 10 ha | 12 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.7 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.1 ha | 15 ha | 20 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.4 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24 ha | 18 ha | 40 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19 ha | 13 ha | 28 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.8 ha | 24 ha | 40 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 136 China, Hong Kong SAR 31 ha compare
- 137 Bahrain 26 ha compare
- 137 Suriname 26 ha compare
- 140 Luxembourg 20 ha compare
- 141 Barbados 13 ha compare
- 142 Puerto Rico 7 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cabbages — area harvested in Iceland?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Iceland was 24 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 40 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 1992.
- How does Iceland rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Iceland ranks 139th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cabbages — 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.