Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 478,367 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Eritrea stood at 478,367 ha.
The figure is up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 492,281 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 298,432 ha, in 1995.
Eritrea ranks 95th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 338,500 ha | — |
| 1994 | 330,365 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 298,432 ha | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 322,179 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 374,255 ha | +16.2% |
| 1998 | 477,043 ha | +27.5% |
| 1999 | 427,060 ha | -10.5% |
| 2000 | 330,175 ha | -22.7% |
| 2001 | 343,832 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 344,627 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 405,859 ha | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 395,213 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 442,581 ha | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 472,402 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 492,281 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 419,412 ha | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 453,744 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 451,578 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 481,214 ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 441,076 ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 444,814 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 453,365 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 477,880 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 474,686 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 475,917 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 478,058 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 477,587 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 478,106 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 478,676 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 478,123 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 478,301 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 478,367 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 478,367 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.51 million ha, 32% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 478,367 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 38% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 366,833 ha | 298,432 ha | 477,043 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 410,013 ha | 330,175 ha | 492,281 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 465,618 ha | 441,076 ha | 481,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 478,315 ha | 478,106 ha | 478,676 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Eritrea was 478,367 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 492,281 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 298,432 ha in 1995.
- How does Eritrea rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 95th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.