Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 126,129 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Albania is 126,129 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Albania peaked at 372,500 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 126,129 ha, in 2024.
That places Albania 126th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327,955 ha | 298,725 ha | 347,764 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 340,194 ha | 312,203 ha | 365,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 352,680 ha | 343,000 ha | 372,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 227,935 ha | 177,800 ha | 321,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 151,506 ha | 132,390 ha | 178,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 143,004 ha | 132,203 ha | 148,084 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 132,054 ha | 126,129 ha | 135,654 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 123 North Macedonia, Republic of 149,249 ha compare
- 124 Georgia 148,643 ha compare
- 125 Switzerland 137,029 ha compare
- 127 Gambia, The 124,224 ha compare
- 128 New Zealand 121,170 ha compare
- 129 Lesotho, Kingdom of 111,896 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture share gdp 14.8 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.8 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 966,348 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1,861 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Albania?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Albania was 126,129 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 372,500 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 126,129 ha in 2024.
- How does Albania rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 126th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.