Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 131,795 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 131,795 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 106.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 143,713 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,120 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,120 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,330 ha | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 2,330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,440 ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 2,450 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,550 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 2,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,690 ha | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 2,691 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,135 ha | +16.5% |
| 1974 | 3,290 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 3,280 ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 3,220 ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 3,260 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 3,235 ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 3,278 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 3,262 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 3,251 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 3,277 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 3,321 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 3,065 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 3,319 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 3,430 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 3,645 ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 3,438 ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 3,501 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 3,705 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 4,138 ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 4,355 ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 4,562 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 4,783 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 4,899 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 5,351 ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 7,782 ha | +45.4% |
| 1998 | 10,565 ha | +35.8% |
| 1999 | 13,020 ha | +23.2% |
| 2000 | 14,328 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 14,746 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 15,086 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 11,205 ha | -25.7% |
| 2004 | 7,406 ha | -33.9% |
| 2005 | 9,393 ha | +26.8% |
| 2006 | 9,577 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 10,079 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 73,902 ha | +633.2% |
| 2009 | 57,808 ha | -21.8% |
| 2010 | 58,599 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 59,773 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 57,250 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 60,912 ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 63,858 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 114,220 ha | +78.9% |
| 2016 | 126,210 ha | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 128,998 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 128,147 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 133,248 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 136,366 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 136,940 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 141,295 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 143,713 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 131,795 ha | -8.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +633.2% | 10,079 ha | 73,902 ha |
| 2015 | +78.9% | 63,858 ha | 114,220 ha |
| 1997 | +45.4% | 5,351 ha | 7,782 ha |
| 2004 | -33.9% | 11,205 ha | 7,406 ha |
| 1998 | +35.8% | 7,782 ha | 10,565 ha |
| 2003 | -25.7% | 15,086 ha | 11,205 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,394 ha | 2,120 ha | 2,550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,063 ha | 2,550 ha | 3,290 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,351 ha | 3,065 ha | 3,645 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,316 ha | 3,705 ha | 13,020 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,353 ha | 7,406 ha | 73,902 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,122 ha | 57,250 ha | 133,248 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 138,022 ha | 131,795 ha | 143,713 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 131,795 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 143,713 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,120 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.