Figs — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Figs — Area harvested was 11,274 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Figs — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 11,274 ha for figs — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 14.7% on the previous year and up 448.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 11,274 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,302 ha, in 2016.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Figs — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,380 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 3,570 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 3,940 ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 4,400 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 4,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 4,370 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 4,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,520 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 4,610 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 4,690 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 4,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,710 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 4,680 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 4,629 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 4,644 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 4,534 ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 4,367 ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 4,197 ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 4,038 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 3,931 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 3,834 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 3,318 ha | -13.5% |
| 1988 | 3,470 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 3,544 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 3,588 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 5,266 ha | +46.8% |
| 1992 | 4,004 ha | -24.0% |
| 1993 | 3,634 ha | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 3,517 ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 3,714 ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 3,747 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 3,991 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 6,397 ha | +60.3% |
| 1999 | 3,449 ha | -46.1% |
| 2000 | 2,413 ha | -30.0% |
| 2001 | 2,450 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 2,465 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 2,480 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 2,446 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,946 ha | +20.4% |
| 2006 | 3,147 ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 3,160 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 3,173 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2,406 ha | -24.2% |
| 2010 | 2,423 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,569 ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 2,575 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,584 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,057 ha | -20.4% |
| 2015 | 2,030 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,302 ha | -35.9% |
| 2017 | 2,108 ha | +61.9% |
| 2018 | 1,644 ha | -22.0% |
| 2019 | 3,529 ha | +114.7% |
| 2020 | 3,219 ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 10,077 ha | +213.0% |
| 2022 | 9,787 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 9,833 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 11,274 ha | +14.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +213.0% | 3,219 ha | 10,077 ha |
| 2019 | +114.7% | 1,644 ha | 3,529 ha |
| 2017 | +61.9% | 1,302 ha | 2,108 ha |
| 1998 | +60.3% | 3,991 ha | 6,397 ha |
| 1991 | +46.8% | 3,588 ha | 5,266 ha |
| 1999 | -46.1% | 6,397 ha | 3,449 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,729 ha | 3,200 ha | 4,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,604 ha | 4,400 ha | 4,710 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,988 ha | 3,318 ha | 4,644 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,131 ha | 3,449 ha | 6,397 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,709 ha | 2,406 ha | 3,173 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,282 ha | 1,302 ha | 3,529 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,838 ha | 3,219 ha | 11,274 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Morocco 68,421 ha compare
- 2 Algeria 37,431 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 58,731 ha compare
- 3 Egypt 31,688 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12,312 ha compare
- 4 Tunisia 16,612 ha compare
- 5 Spain 16,180 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 9,273 ha compare
- 6 Afghanistan 11,274 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 130 ha compare
- 7 India 5,904 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is figs — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Figs — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 11,274 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 11,274 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest figs — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,302 ha in 2016.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for figs — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th out of 8 groups with data for 2024.
- Is figs — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 448.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Figs — 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.