Cereals n.e.c. β€” Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cereals n.e.c. β€” Area harvested was 4.00 million ha in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
4.00 million ha
Change on year
up 3.4%
Rank
2nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
4.03 million ha
in 2010
All-time low
1.39 million ha
in 1975
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals n.e.c. β€” Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 4.00 million ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 4.03 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.39 million ha, in 1975.

That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 2.31 million ha 2.13 million ha 2.36 million ha 9
1970s 1.85 million ha 1.39 million ha 2.40 million ha 10
1980s 1.57 million ha 1.45 million ha 1.74 million ha 10
1990s 1.95 million ha 1.40 million ha 2.51 million ha 10
2000s 3.00 million ha 2.21 million ha 3.70 million ha 10
2010s 3.68 million ha 3.29 million ha 4.03 million ha 10
2020s 3.87 million ha 3.74 million ha 4.00 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 1 Ethiopia 3.25 million ha compare
  2. 2 Ethiopia PDR 1.37 million ha compare
  3. 3 Chad 547,440 ha compare
  4. 4 Poland 121,450 ha compare
  5. 5 France 109,060 ha compare

See the full ranking of 99 places β†’

More agriculture & rural data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 4.00 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 4.03 million ha in 2010.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 1.39 million ha in 1975.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals n.e.c. β€” area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. β€” Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. β€” Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.