Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 66,837 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 66,837 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Israel peaked at 161,125 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 50,801 ha, in 2019.
That places Israel 145th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 145,494 ha | 130,234 ha | 161,125 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 136,403 ha | 121,390 ha | 149,840 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 118,878 ha | 105,800 ha | 134,030 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,222 ha | 73,742 ha | 113,760 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 92,755 ha | 74,846 ha | 104,210 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,846 ha | 50,801 ha | 82,891 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,105 ha | 52,430 ha | 124,951 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture share gdp 1.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 8.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 852,511 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.97 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 197,001 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Israel?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Israel was 66,837 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 161,125 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,801 ha in 2019.
- How does Israel rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 145th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.