Figs — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Figs — Area harvested was 29,649 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Figs — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 29,649 ha for figs — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.0% on the previous year and down 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 58,543 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 9,600 ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 6th of 23 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Figs — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,780 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 9,970 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 11,840 ha | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 12,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 12,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 12,270 ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 12,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 13,300 ha | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 13,420 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 13,510 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 13,590 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 13,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 13,590 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 13,590 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 13,550 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 13,390 ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 13,454 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 15,343 ha | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 15,172 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 26,138 ha | +72.3% |
| 1984 | 26,727 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 28,338 ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 28,962 ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 30,065 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 32,175 ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 32,359 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 33,096 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 43,197 ha | +30.5% |
| 1992 | 40,887 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 39,574 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 41,040 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 40,217 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 44,081 ha | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 45,286 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 49,126 ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 46,266 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 26,479 ha | -42.8% |
| 2001 | 49,524 ha | +87.0% |
| 2002 | 49,914 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 49,954 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 50,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 52,909 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 45,265 ha | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 52,923 ha | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 46,896 ha | -11.4% |
| 2009 | 48,712 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 54,072 ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 55,697 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 55,813 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 58,543 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 58,297 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 41,217 ha | -29.3% |
| 2016 | 26,921 ha | -34.7% |
| 2017 | 22,571 ha | -16.2% |
| 2018 | 32,738 ha | +45.0% |
| 2019 | 27,968 ha | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 19,637 ha | -29.8% |
| 2021 | 28,374 ha | +44.5% |
| 2022 | 27,623 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 27,703 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 29,649 ha | +7.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — Area harvested in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +87.0% | 26,479 ha | 49,524 ha |
| 1983 | +72.3% | 15,172 ha | 26,138 ha |
| 2018 | +45.0% | 22,571 ha | 32,738 ha |
| 2021 | +44.5% | 19,637 ha | 28,374 ha |
| 2000 | -42.8% | 46,266 ha | 26,479 ha |
| 2016 | -34.7% | 41,217 ha | 26,921 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,796 ha | 9,600 ha | 12,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,384 ha | 12,300 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,873 ha | 13,454 ha | 32,359 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,277 ha | 33,096 ha | 49,126 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,348 ha | 26,479 ha | 52,923 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,384 ha | 22,571 ha | 58,543 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,597 ha | 19,637 ha | 29,649 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 4,000 ha compare
- 9 Portugal 3,780 ha compare
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 7.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is figs — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Figs — area harvested in Southern Asia was 29,649 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 58,543 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest figs — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for figs — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 6th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is figs — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.