Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 20,070 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cyprus, 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 Cyprus is 20,070 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 18.4% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 162,141 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 19,879 ha, in 2017.
That places Cyprus 156th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 140,992 ha | 137,794 ha | 143,975 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,285 ha | 46,743 ha | 162,141 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,220 ha | 49,097 ha | 59,701 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,489 ha | 43,020 ha | 69,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,574 ha | 31,155 ha | 72,745 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,580 ha | 19,879 ha | 37,822 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,450 ha | 20,070 ha | 26,510 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture share gdp 1.12 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.12 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 33.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 456,529 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 459.84 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 5,870 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Cyprus was 20,070 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 162,141 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,879 ha in 2017.
- How does Cyprus rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 156th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.