Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production was 42,178 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 42,178 t for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 181.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Afghanistan peaked at 57,400 t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 9,800 t, in 2004.
Afghanistan ranks 39th of 134 countries 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 — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,305 t | — |
| 1962 | 28,000 t | +53.0% |
| 1963 | 39,550 t | +41.2% |
| 1964 | 28,000 t | -29.2% |
| 1965 | 26,950 t | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 22,050 t | -18.2% |
| 1967 | 24,850 t | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 25,550 t | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 30,800 t | +20.5% |
| 1970 | 27,300 t | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 22,750 t | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 21,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 38,850 t | +85.0% |
| 1974 | 52,150 t | +34.2% |
| 1975 | 57,400 t | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 57,050 t | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 49,000 t | -14.1% |
| 1978 | 47,250 t | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 37,800 t | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 23,450 t | -38.0% |
| 1981 | 21,700 t | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 16,100 t | -25.8% |
| 1983 | 17,850 t | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 24,500 t | +37.3% |
| 1985 | 19,600 t | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 22,750 t | +16.1% |
| 1987 | 14,000 t | -38.5% |
| 1988 | 15,750 t | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 12,600 t | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 10,150 t | -19.4% |
| 1991 | 23,800 t | +134.5% |
| 1992 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 23,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19,950 t | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 19,950 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19,950 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11,550 t | -42.1% |
| 2004 | 9,800 t | -15.2% |
| 2005 | 11,550 t | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 11,200 t | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 12,268 t | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 12,250 t | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 15,005 t | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 11,550 t | -23.0% |
| 2011 | 11,550 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12,705 t | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 14,760 t | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 14,990 t | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 17,669 t | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 20,649 t | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 12,870 t | -37.7% |
| 2018 | 20,108 t | +56.2% |
| 2019 | 25,592 t | +27.3% |
| 2020 | 25,922 t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 27,188 t | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 25,373 t | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 42,859 t | +68.9% |
| 2024 | 42,178 t | -1.6% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 42,178 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 13,878 t, 3.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 42,178 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,082 t, 20.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +134.5% | 10,150 t | 23,800 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,117 t | 18,305 t | 39,550 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,055 t | 21,000 t | 57,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,830 t | 12,600 t | 24,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,435 t | 10,150 t | 23,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,347 t | 9,800 t | 19,950 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,244 t | 11,550 t | 25,592 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,704 t | 25,373 t | 42,859 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Afghanistan?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Afghanistan was 42,178 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 57,400 t in 1975.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,800 t in 2004.
- How does Afghanistan rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 39th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production. 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.