Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Central Asia
Central Asia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.79 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Central Asia is 1.79 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Central Asia peaked at 2.68 million ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1.79 million ha, in 2024.
That places Central Asia 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2.66 million ha | — |
| 1993 | 2.68 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 2.52 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 2.51 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 2.37 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 2.44 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 2.51 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 2.49 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 2.45 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 2.45 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2.41 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 2.40 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 2.54 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 2.56 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 2.55 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 2.58 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 2.44 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 2.22 million ha | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 2.22 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2.28 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2.21 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 2.21 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2.17 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 2.11 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.10 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 2.08 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 2.00 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 1.94 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 2.01 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 1.95 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 1.94 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.92 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.79 million ha | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.52 million ha | 2.37 million ha | 2.68 million ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.46 million ha | 2.22 million ha | 2.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.13 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 2.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.92 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Central Asia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Central Asia was 1.79 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.68 million ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.79 million ha in 2024.
- How does Central Asia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.