Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Georgia
Georgia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 148,643 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Georgia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Georgia recorded 148,643 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Georgia peaked at 404,684 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 146,305 ha, in 2019.
That places Georgia 124th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Georgia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 248,500 ha | — |
| 1993 | 227,797 ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 233,502 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 233,152 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 252,754 ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 404,684 ha | +60.1% |
| 1998 | 369,521 ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 365,395 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 305,159 ha | -16.5% |
| 2001 | 349,670 ha | +14.6% |
| 2002 | 355,719 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 347,198 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 330,792 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 338,185 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 202,130 ha | -40.2% |
| 2007 | 198,022 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 223,450 ha | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 196,900 ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 173,200 ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 183,847 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 172,567 ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 222,950 ha | +29.2% |
| 2014 | 186,050 ha | -16.6% |
| 2015 | 185,472 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 171,486 ha | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 149,384 ha | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 146,549 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 146,305 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 155,647 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 159,041 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 156,851 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 155,646 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 148,643 ha | -4.5% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 148,643 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 42% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 148,643 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 726,060 ha, 20% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +60.1% | 252,754 ha | 404,684 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 291,913 ha | 227,797 ha | 404,684 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 284,722 ha | 196,900 ha | 355,719 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,781 ha | 146,305 ha | 222,950 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,166 ha | 148,643 ha | 159,041 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
- 121 Cuba 158,289 ha compare
- 122 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 153,500 ha compare
- 123 North Macedonia 149,249 ha compare
- 125 Switzerland 137,029 ha compare
- 126 Albania 126,129 ha compare
- 127 Gambia 124,224 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Georgia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0518 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 502.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3882 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Georgia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Georgia was 148,643 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 404,684 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 146,305 ha in 2019.
- How does Georgia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Georgia ranks 124th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia 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.