Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 43,367 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Eritrea stood at 43,367 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 43,676 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18,392 ha, in 1997.
That places Eritrea 9th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 23,100 ha | — |
| 1994 | 31,200 ha | +35.1% |
| 1995 | 30,162 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 21,590 ha | -28.4% |
| 1997 | 18,392 ha | -14.8% |
| 1998 | 27,316 ha | +48.5% |
| 1999 | 30,921 ha | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 29,680 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 30,459 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 28,002 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 31,456 ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 30,216 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 30,145 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 26,899 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 24,742 ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 27,479 ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 40,888 ha | +48.8% |
| 2010 | 40,578 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 40,214 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 34,076 ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 35,814 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 40,365 ha | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 42,880 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 39,686 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 40,917 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 43,058 ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 42,587 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 43,106 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 43,676 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 43,123 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 43,301 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 43,367 ha | +0.2% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 43,367 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 22,286 ha, 1.9× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 43,367 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,901 ha, 11.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +48.8% | 27,479 ha | 40,888 ha |
| 1998 | +48.5% | 18,392 ha | 27,316 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,097 ha | 18,392 ha | 31,200 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 29,997 ha | 24,742 ha | 40,888 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,018 ha | 34,076 ha | 43,058 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,315 ha | 43,106 ha | 43,676 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,218 ha compare
- 6 Thailand 99,677 ha compare
- 7 Russian Federation 65,145 ha compare
- 8 Kazakhstan 57,952 ha compare
- 10 Lithuania 37,800 ha compare
- 11 Burundi 27,022 ha compare
- 12 Argentina 26,770 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Eritrea was 43,367 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 43,676 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,392 ha in 1997.
- How does Eritrea rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 9th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — 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.