Figs — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Figs — Area harvested is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 68,421 ha in Morocco; the lowest is 26 ha in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 740.5 ha, and the mean is 5,494 ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,632.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 639.3%), and the largest decrease in Iran (Islamic Republic of) (down 75.9%).
Figs — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 68,421 ha | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 58,731 ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 2 | Algeria | 37,431 ha | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 31,688 ha | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,312 ha | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Tunisia | 16,612 ha | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 16,180 ha | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9,273 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 11,274 ha | 2024 | up 639.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 130 ha | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 7 | India | 5,904 ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Yugoslav SFR | 4,000 ha | 1991 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Portugal | 3,780 ha | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Libya | 2,666 ha | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 11 | China | 2,595 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 11 | China, mainland | 2,595 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 2,070 ha | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Brazil | 1,951 ha | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 1,921 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 1,838 ha | 2024 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,597 ha | 2005 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 18 | Albania | 1,419 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 1,415 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 20 | Greece | 1,380 ha | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Montenegro | 1,360 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 1,349 ha | 2024 | up 516.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Japan | 946 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 24 | Iraq | 933 ha | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 25 | France | 830 ha | 2024 | up 123.7% | rising |
| 26 | Lebanon | 651 ha | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Yemen | 485 ha | 2017 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Croatia | 470 ha | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 454 ha | 2024 | up 453.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 452 ha | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 322 ha | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 313 ha | 2024 | down 53.1% | rising |
| 33 | Palestine | 279 ha | 2022 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Argentina | 270 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 35 | Armenia | 266 ha | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 180 ha | 2024 | up 52.5% | falling |
| 37 | Pakistan | 160 ha | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Jordan | 143 ha | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 78 ha | 2024 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 69 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 40 | Australia | 69 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 68 ha | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 68 ha | 2024 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 51 ha | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 49 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 40 ha | 2023 | — | rising |
| 47 | Cameroon | 34 ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 31 ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovenia | 30 ha | 2024 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Qatar | 29 ha | 2024 | up 262.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Malta | 26 ha | 2017 | down 62.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 301,486 ha
- Asia 108,749 ha
- Africa 157,166 ha
- Northern Africa 156,818 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 128,749 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 11,274 ha
- Western Asia 73,889 ha
- Southern Asia 29,649 ha
- Europe 28,022 ha
- Middle Africa 34 ha
- Southern Europe 27,192 ha
- European Union (27) 24,920 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 22,252 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15,311 ha
- Americas 7,480 ha
- Eastern Asia 3,541 ha
- South America 2,980 ha
- Northern America 2,662 ha
- United States of America 2,662 ha
- Central America 1,838 ha
- Central Asia 1,671 ha
- Western Europe 830 ha
- Southern Africa 313 ha
- Oceania 69 ha
- Eastern Europe 0 ha
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.