Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Central Asia
Central Asia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 19.43 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Central Asia stood at 19.43 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Central Asia peaked at 24.53 million ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 14.37 million ha, in 1999.
Central Asia ranks 20th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 24.53 million ha | — |
| 1993 | 24.38 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 22.31 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 19.44 million ha | -12.9% |
| 1996 | 18.90 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 17.68 million ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 14.68 million ha | -17.0% |
| 1999 | 14.37 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 15.59 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 16.20 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 17.28 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 17.44 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 17.56 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 17.45 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 17.75 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 18.47 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 18.89 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 20.16 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 18.68 million ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 19.36 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 18.26 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 19.16 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 18.01 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 18.05 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 18.71 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 18.37 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 17.85 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 18.30 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 18.79 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 18.84 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 19.14 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 19.55 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 19.43 million ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.54 million ha | 14.37 million ha | 24.53 million ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 17.68 million ha | 15.59 million ha | 20.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.47 million ha | 17.85 million ha | 19.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.15 million ha | 18.79 million ha | 19.55 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 17 Ethiopia 12.07 million ha compare
- 17 Melanesia 11,188 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 169 ha compare
- 18 Sudan 11.59 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 169 ha compare
- 19 Ukraine 10.81 million ha compare
- 20 Niger 10.33 million ha compare
- 21 Sudan (former) 9.93 million ha compare
- 22 Mexico 8.70 million ha compare
- 23 France 8.53 million ha compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Central Asia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Central Asia was 19.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 24.53 million ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.37 million ha in 1999.
- How does Central Asia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.