Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Réunion

Réunion: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 1,951 ha in 2006. ▼ Falling

Latest (2006)
1,951 ha
Change on year
up 25.4%
World rank
33rd
of 33 countries
All-time high
4,300 ha
in 1966
All-time low
1,540 ha
in 1997
Years of data
46
1961–2006

Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Réunion, 1961–2006

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2006, cereals, primary — area harvested in Réunion stood at 1,951 ha.

That represents a change of up 25.4% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Réunion peaked at 4,300 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1,540 ha, in 1997.

Réunion ranks 33rd of 33 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3,533 ha 2,500 ha 4,300 ha 9
1970s 2,661 ha 2,100 ha 3,100 ha 10
1980s 2,560 ha 2,040 ha 2,940 ha 10
1990s 2,160 ha 1,540 ha 2,739 ha 10
2000s 1,677 ha 1,556 ha 1,951 ha 7

Countries ranked near Réunion

  1. 30 Poland 7.08 million ha compare
  2. 31 Mali 6.30 million ha compare
  3. 32 Germany 5.74 million ha compare
  4. 33 Spain 5.51 million ha compare
  5. 34 Romania 5.07 million ha compare
  6. 35 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.03 million ha compare
  7. 36 Ethiopia PDR 4.36 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Réunion?
Cereals, primary — area harvested in Réunion was 1,951 ha in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Réunion?
The highest recorded value was 4,300 ha in 1966.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Réunion?
The lowest recorded value was 1,540 ha in 1997.
How does Réunion rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Réunion ranks 33rd out of 33 countries with data for 2006.
Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Réunion?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Réunion 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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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.