Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Asia

Western Asia: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 49,987 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
49,987 ha
Change on year
up 4.3%
Rank
10th
of 27 groups
All-time high
87,690 ha
in 2001
All-time low
40,112 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Asia is 49,987 ha, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 87,690 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 40,112 ha, in 1961.

Western Asia ranks 10th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 40,112 ha
1962 41,378 ha +3.2%
1963 42,483 ha +2.7%
1964 44,599 ha +5.0%
1965 47,730 ha +7.0%
1966 48,701 ha +2.0%
1967 50,426 ha +3.5%
1968 44,427 ha -11.9%
1969 46,915 ha +5.6%
1970 45,906 ha -2.2%
1971 51,867 ha +13.0%
1972 49,200 ha -5.1%
1973 45,857 ha -6.8%
1974 45,841 ha -0.0%
1975 47,349 ha +3.3%
1976 50,737 ha +7.2%
1977 52,047 ha +2.6%
1978 56,260 ha +8.1%
1979 58,103 ha +3.3%
1980 61,417 ha +5.7%
1981 71,067 ha +15.7%
1982 69,256 ha -2.5%
1983 70,081 ha +1.2%
1984 68,161 ha -2.7%
1985 73,636 ha +8.0%
1986 72,405 ha -1.7%
1987 70,635 ha -2.4%
1988 67,255 ha -4.8%
1989 66,869 ha -0.6%
1990 64,081 ha -4.2%
1991 60,236 ha -6.0%
1992 62,233 ha +3.3%
1993 63,088 ha +1.4%
1994 72,566 ha +15.0%
1995 64,685 ha -10.9%
1996 62,307 ha -3.7%
1997 63,253 ha +1.5%
1998 69,758 ha +10.3%
1999 72,131 ha +3.4%
2000 77,223 ha +7.1%
2001 87,690 ha +13.6%
2002 79,756 ha -9.0%
2003 70,318 ha -11.8%
2004 82,608 ha +17.5%
2005 84,665 ha +2.5%
2006 80,924 ha -4.4%
2007 72,876 ha -9.9%
2008 72,876 ha +0.0%
2009 72,850 ha -0.0%
2010 72,071 ha -1.1%
2011 70,913 ha -1.6%
2012 71,303 ha +0.5%
2013 74,004 ha +3.8%
2014 71,945 ha -2.8%
2015 57,768 ha -19.7%
2016 57,129 ha -1.1%
2017 53,932 ha -5.6%
2018 51,476 ha -4.6%
2019 53,929 ha +4.8%
2020 62,322 ha +15.6%
2021 59,812 ha -4.0%
2022 56,602 ha -5.4%
2023 47,933 ha -15.3%
2024 49,987 ha +4.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 45,197 ha 40,112 ha 50,426 ha 9
1970s 50,317 ha 45,841 ha 58,103 ha 10
1980s 69,078 ha 61,417 ha 73,636 ha 10
1990s 65,434 ha 60,236 ha 72,566 ha 10
2000s 78,179 ha 70,318 ha 87,690 ha 10
2010s 63,447 ha 51,476 ha 74,004 ha 10
2020s 55,331 ha 47,933 ha 62,322 ha 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 7 Bangladesh 42,045 ha compare
  2. 8 Philippines 20,564 ha compare
  3. 9 Sri Lanka 14,383 ha compare
  4. 10 Sudan 11,621 ha compare
  5. 11 Italy 10,030 ha compare
  6. 12 Rwanda 9,578 ha compare
  7. 13 Pakistan 8,459 ha compare

See the full ranking of 137 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia

All data for Western Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Asia?
Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Asia was 49,987 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 87,690 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 40,112 ha in 1961.
How does Western Asia rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
Western Asia ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western Asia 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Asia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/eggplants-aubergines-area-harvested/western-asia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/eggplants-aubergines-area-harvested/western-asia/">Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Asia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
137 places, 6,491 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.