Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 18.72 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 18.72 million ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 25.54 million ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 16.49 million ha, in 2018.
Western Asia ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.31 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 19.96 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 19.50 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 19.84 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 19.81 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 18.77 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1967 | 19.55 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 19.36 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 19.39 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 19.83 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 18.88 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 19.63 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 18.65 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 19.90 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 20.46 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 20.70 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 19.53 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 20.00 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 19.95 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 19.89 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 20.04 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 20.17 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 20.26 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 18.55 million ha | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 21.23 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 21.02 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 20.36 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 21.30 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 21.44 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 23.17 million ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 22.84 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 24.58 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 25.54 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 24.25 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 23.26 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 23.05 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 22.92 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 22.88 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 22.13 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 21.74 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 22.14 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 22.88 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 22.23 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 22.75 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 24.13 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 21.95 million ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 21.18 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 18.60 million ha | -12.2% |
| 2009 | 18.96 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 20.47 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 19.69 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 18.83 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 19.95 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 20.23 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 17.73 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 17.46 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 17.13 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 16.49 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 18.76 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 19.77 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 18.31 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 17.03 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 18.49 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 18.72 million ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.50 million ha | 18.77 million ha | 19.96 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.75 million ha | 18.65 million ha | 20.70 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.43 million ha | 18.55 million ha | 21.44 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.46 million ha | 22.13 million ha | 25.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.66 million ha | 18.60 million ha | 24.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.68 million ha | 16.49 million ha | 20.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.46 million ha | 17.03 million ha | 19.77 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 5.42 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Western Asia was 18.72 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.54 million ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.49 million ha in 2018.
- How does Western Asia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.