Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 2.68 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Algeria, 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 Algeria is 2.68 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 3.66 million ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1.06 million ha, in 2000.
That places Algeria 51st out of 193 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 | 2.75 million ha | 1.92 million ha | 3.02 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.07 million ha | 2.62 million ha | 3.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.67 million ha | 1.81 million ha | 3.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.54 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 3.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.38 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 3.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.96 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 3.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.56 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 2.89 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture share gdp 14.51 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.51 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
- Rural population 24.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 234.77 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Algeria?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Algeria was 2.68 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.66 million ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.06 million ha in 2000.
- How does Algeria rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 51st out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Algeria 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.