Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 122.95 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 122.95 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 122.95 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48.68 million ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48.68 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 50.42 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 51.46 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 51.99 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 52.65 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 52.38 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 54.47 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 52.94 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 54.79 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 55.02 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 54.48 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 54.29 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 53.16 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 54.14 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 54.66 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 55.56 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 56.23 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 56.52 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 54.46 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 57.05 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 58.48 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 57.53 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 57.98 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 57.43 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 62.42 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 63.36 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 60.50 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 67.01 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 65.88 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 64.25 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 66.34 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 69.71 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 68.48 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 74.61 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 73.11 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 75.30 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 76.24 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 76.76 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 76.60 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 74.85 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 79.18 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 79.39 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 87.44 million ha | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 81.25 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 93.74 million ha | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 90.48 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 91.87 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 97.19 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 97.66 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 103.73 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 104.23 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 100.86 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 107.52 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 110.06 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 103.23 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 112.95 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 110.95 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 116.22 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 111.98 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 115.10 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 115.20 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 117.11 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 118.33 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 122.95 million ha | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52.20 million ha | 48.68 million ha | 54.79 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54.85 million ha | 53.16 million ha | 56.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.76 million ha | 57.05 million ha | 67.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.14 million ha | 64.25 million ha | 76.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.31 million ha | 74.85 million ha | 97.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 108.17 million ha | 100.86 million ha | 116.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117.74 million ha | 115.10 million ha | 122.95 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 India 107.67 million ha compare
- 2 USSR 102.82 million ha compare
- 3 China 100.58 million ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 100.29 million ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 11.38 million ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.00 million ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 39.58 million ha compare
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 122.95 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 122.95 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.68 million ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.