Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 594,128 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 594,128 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 1.29 million ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 503,765 ha, in 2020.
Western Asia ranks 17th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 976,803 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.04 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 993,121 ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 1.05 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 1.07 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 1.05 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 1.04 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 1.08 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 1.03 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 868,097 ha | -16.0% |
| 1971 | 1.03 million ha | +19.1% |
| 1972 | 1.10 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 985,958 ha | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 1.15 million ha | +16.8% |
| 1975 | 974,614 ha | -15.4% |
| 1976 | 867,003 ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 1.06 million ha | +22.7% |
| 1978 | 931,447 ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 869,853 ha | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 909,848 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 897,352 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 850,688 ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 878,350 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 1.04 million ha | +17.9% |
| 1985 | 915,120 ha | -11.6% |
| 1986 | 818,245 ha | -10.6% |
| 1987 | 799,398 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 984,478 ha | +23.2% |
| 1989 | 955,213 ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 861,595 ha | -9.8% |
| 1991 | 802,684 ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 1.12 million ha | +39.9% |
| 1993 | 1.05 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 1.04 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 1.23 million ha | +17.3% |
| 1996 | 1.24 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1.26 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 1.29 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1.15 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2000 | 1.08 million ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 1.11 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 975,739 ha | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 1.00 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 953,175 ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 959,404 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 843,451 ha | -12.1% |
| 2008 | 751,438 ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 641,100 ha | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 727,490 ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 800,933 ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 732,139 ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 577,718 ha | -21.1% |
| 2014 | 584,269 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 511,140 ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 527,335 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 672,408 ha | +27.5% |
| 2018 | 713,952 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 636,088 ha | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 503,765 ha | -20.8% |
| 2021 | 570,090 ha | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 719,715 ha | +26.2% |
| 2023 | 620,041 ha | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 594,128 ha | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.04 million ha | 976,803 ha | 1.08 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 984,944 ha | 867,003 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 904,411 ha | 799,398 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.10 million ha | 802,684 ha | 1.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 939,546 ha | 641,100 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 648,347 ha | 511,140 ha | 800,933 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 601,548 ha | 503,765 ha | 719,715 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Western Asia was 594,128 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 million ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 503,765 ha in 2020.
- How does Western Asia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.