Cereals, primary — Area harvested in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 149,249 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
North Macedonia recorded 149,249 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in North Macedonia peaked at 241,092 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 149,249 ha, in 2024.
That places North Macedonia 123rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 228,745 ha | 214,268 ha | 241,092 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 192,162 ha | 173,330 ha | 219,884 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 161,426 ha | 158,444 ha | 166,181 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,149 ha | 149,249 ha | 158,923 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 5.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in North Macedonia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in North Macedonia was 149,249 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 241,092 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 149,249 ha in 2024.
- How does North Macedonia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- North Macedonia ranks 123rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.