Cereals, primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 900 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 900 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 397.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 1,721 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places United Arab Emirates 161st out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52.7 ha | 0 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 754.1 ha | 375 ha | 991 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 885.1 ha | 236 ha | 1,721 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137.8 ha | 87 ha | 231 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 332.7 ha | 21 ha | 1,094 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,093 ha | 900 ha | 1,391 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 158 Brunei Darussalam 1,494 ha compare
- 159 Solomon Islands 1,477 ha compare
- 160 Puerto Rico 996 ha compare
- 162 Trinidad and Tobago 804 ha compare
- 163 New Caledonia 631 ha compare
- 164 Sao Tome and Principe 397 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7694 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7694 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 1,721 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 161st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 397.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.