Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production was 913,732 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Western Asia stood at 913,732 t.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Western Asia peaked at 1.31 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 366,110 t, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 17th of 28 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 366,110 t | — |
| 1962 | 422,105 t | +15.3% |
| 1963 | 430,931 t | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 519,864 t | +20.6% |
| 1965 | 532,159 t | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 543,095 t | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 544,137 t | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 609,984 t | +12.1% |
| 1969 | 580,101 t | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 577,560 t | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 703,717 t | +21.8% |
| 1972 | 736,507 t | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 698,045 t | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 786,409 t | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 678,135 t | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 675,655 t | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 766,672 t | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 677,171 t | -11.7% |
| 1979 | 664,268 t | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 683,788 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 699,468 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 713,764 t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 784,470 t | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 804,312 t | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 762,938 t | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 719,765 t | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 705,198 t | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 852,448 t | +20.9% |
| 1989 | 795,355 t | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 836,246 t | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 753,929 t | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 934,985 t | +24.0% |
| 1993 | 916,680 t | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 900,688 t | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 1.14 million t | +26.2% |
| 1996 | 1.16 million t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 1.22 million t | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 1.28 million t | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 1.13 million t | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 1.24 million t | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 1.26 million t | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.26 million t | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.18 million t | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 1.31 million t | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 1.24 million t | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 1.21 million t | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.12 million t | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 921,067 t | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 866,578 t | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 962,252 t | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 1.20 million t | +24.5% |
| 2012 | 1.07 million t | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 888,550 t | -16.9% |
| 2014 | 911,903 t | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 796,533 t | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 797,307 t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 957,087 t | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 1.02 million t | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 926,851 t | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 779,371 t | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 917,675 t | +17.7% |
| 2022 | 1.12 million t | +22.0% |
| 2023 | 879,464 t | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 913,732 t | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505,387 t | 366,110 t | 609,984 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 696,414 t | 577,560 t | 786,409 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 752,151 t | 683,788 t | 852,448 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 million t | 753,929 t | 1.28 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.16 million t | 866,578 t | 1.31 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 952,719 t | 796,533 t | 1.20 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 921,930 t | 779,371 t | 1.12 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight -2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.2511 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 12.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.1146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Western Asia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Western Asia was 913,732 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 366,110 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production?
- Western Asia ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 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.