Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 251,164 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 251,164 ha for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 56.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 259,460 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16,251 ha, in 1962.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,860 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,251 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 17,642 ha | +8.6% |
| 1964 | 18,757 ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 17,905 ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 18,782 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 18,075 ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 17,856 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 19,577 ha | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 19,395 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 20,179 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 19,278 ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 18,535 ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 22,273 ha | +20.2% |
| 1975 | 23,201 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 22,957 ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 24,202 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 26,700 ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 28,380 ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 32,107 ha | +13.1% |
| 1981 | 32,433 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 33,061 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 37,652 ha | +13.9% |
| 1984 | 36,669 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 37,952 ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 45,051 ha | +18.7% |
| 1987 | 44,230 ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 43,903 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 42,354 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 44,186 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 47,980 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 47,496 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 46,653 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 49,237 ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 51,607 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 57,931 ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 63,090 ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 67,795 ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 71,508 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 76,103 ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 76,242 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 87,522 ha | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 89,219 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 87,709 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 97,976 ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 99,439 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 100,940 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 165,478 ha | +63.9% |
| 2009 | 146,390 ha | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 148,681 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 148,838 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 149,272 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 157,197 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 160,869 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 208,907 ha | +29.9% |
| 2016 | 221,112 ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 224,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 221,587 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 232,910 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 231,916 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 227,724 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 250,526 ha | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 259,460 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 251,164 ha | -3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 | +63.9% | 100,940 ha | 165,478 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,967 ha | 16,251 ha | 19,577 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,510 ha | 18,535 ha | 28,380 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,541 ha | 32,107 ha | 45,051 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,748 ha | 44,186 ha | 71,508 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102,702 ha | 76,103 ha | 165,478 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 187,367 ha | 148,681 ha | 232,910 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 244,158 ha | 227,724 ha | 259,460 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 China 813,704 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 812,423 ha compare
- 3 India 683,138 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,753 ha compare
- 4 Egypt 60,350 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 16,073 ha compare
- 5 Guinea 59,398 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 8,170 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 47,674 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 42,045 ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,716 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 251,164 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 259,460 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,251 ha in 1962.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.