Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 11,707 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 11,707 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 17,300 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 4,556 ha, in 2007.
Comoros ranks 147th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 11,350 ha | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 11,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 13,700 ha | +17.1% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 14,100 ha | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 12,200 ha | -13.5% |
| 1969 | 12,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 12,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 12,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 13,100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 13,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 14,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 14,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 15,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 17,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 17,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 17,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 17,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 16,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 15,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 15,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14,236 ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 14,257 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 14,477 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 14,724 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 6,527 ha | -55.7% |
| 1992 | 6,314 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 6,188 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 6,074 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 5,972 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 5,843 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,757 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 5,856 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 5,509 ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 5,429 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 5,315 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 5,168 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 5,074 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 5,875 ha | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 4,809 ha | -18.1% |
| 2006 | 4,654 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 4,556 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 5,656 ha | +24.1% |
| 2009 | 5,864 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 6,002 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 6,511 ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 6,993 ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 7,454 ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 7,892 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 8,262 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 8,638 ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 9,022 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 9,463 ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 9,866 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 10,283 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 10,614 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 11,007 ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 11,405 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 11,707 ha | +2.6% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 11,707 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 2% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 11,707 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 1% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -55.7% | 14,724 ha | 6,527 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,294 ha | 10,100 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,730 ha | 12,300 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,607 ha | 14,236 ha | 17,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,876 ha | 5,509 ha | 14,724 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,240 ha | 4,556 ha | 5,875 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,010 ha | 6,002 ha | 9,866 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,003 ha | 10,283 ha | 11,707 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Comoros?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Comoros was 11,707 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 17,300 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,556 ha in 2007.
- How does Comoros rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 147th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.