Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Mongolia
Mongolia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 354,364 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 354,364 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Mongolia peaked at 672,286 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 121,777 ha, in 2007.
That places Mongolia 112th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 393,989 ha | 311,000 ha | 418,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 459,280 ha | 412,300 ha | 583,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 602,555 ha | 528,100 ha | 672,286 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 447,603 ha | 281,602 ha | 654,090 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 181,377 ha | 121,777 ha | 252,398 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 318,447 ha | 259,113 ha | 381,209 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 377,671 ha | 353,118 ha | 432,747 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture share gdp 8.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
- Rural population 28.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.03 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 2,070 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Mongolia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Mongolia was 354,364 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 672,286 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 121,777 ha in 2007.
- How does Mongolia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Mongolia ranks 112th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.