Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 191,630 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Portugal is 191,630 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 2.01 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 188,820 ha, in 2023.
That places Portugal 119th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.81 million ha | 1.63 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.36 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 990,869 ha | 892,395 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 687,279 ha | 506,538 ha | 827,647 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 427,991 ha | 312,098 ha | 577,921 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 271,041 ha | 224,310 ha | 314,182 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 200,738 ha | 188,820 ha | 215,830 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 116 Dominican Republic 235,617 ha compare
- 117 Saudi Arabia 230,134 ha compare
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 224,321 ha compare
- 120 Guyana 170,633 ha compare
- 121 Cuba 158,289 ha compare
- 122 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 153,500 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Portugal?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Portugal was 191,630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 188,820 ha in 2023.
- How does Portugal rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 119th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.