Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 350,722 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Afghanistan stood at 350,722 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 104.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 350,722 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 96,700 ha, in 1987.
Afghanistan ranks 34th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108,699 ha | — |
| 1962 | 108,550 ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 108,400 ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 113,250 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 117,700 ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 126,650 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 137,600 ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 138,250 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 139,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 138,850 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 138,700 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 139,900 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 140,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 141,450 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 140,900 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 147,150 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 140,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 140,127 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 134,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 132,850 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 128,800 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 125,200 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 120,400 ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 115,065 ha | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 111,315 ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 103,015 ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 96,700 ha | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 100,850 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 101,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 102,970 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 105,750 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 100,673 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 101,193 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 102,440 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 104,844 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 106,965 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 109,461 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 113,123 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 113,179 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 111,643 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 111,488 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 114,472 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 117,131 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 101,211 ha | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 114,901 ha | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 144,987 ha | +26.2% |
| 2007 | 148,073 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 146,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 165,005 ha | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 165,683 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 153,865 ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 151,957 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 143,966 ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 171,724 ha | +19.3% |
| 2015 | 204,447 ha | +19.1% |
| 2016 | 295,187 ha | +44.4% |
| 2017 | 286,581 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 234,286 ha | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 263,875 ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 298,775 ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 334,603 ha | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 332,194 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 349,441 ha | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 350,722 ha | +0.4% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 350,722 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 127,290 ha, 2.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 350,722 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 71,505 ha, 4.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +44.4% | 204,447 ha | 295,187 ha |
| 2006 | +26.2% | 114,901 ha | 144,987 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122,022 ha | 108,400 ha | 139,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 140,138 ha | 134,000 ha | 147,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 113,570 ha | 96,700 ha | 132,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 106,060 ha | 100,673 ha | 113,179 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 127,571 ha | 101,211 ha | 165,005 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 207,157 ha | 143,966 ha | 295,187 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 333,147 ha | 298,775 ha | 350,722 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 31 Chile 403,369 ha compare
- 32 Australia and New Zealand 382,209 ha compare
- 33 Dominican Republic 352,166 ha compare
- 35 South Africa 339,571 ha compare
- 36 Serbia and Montenegro 336,954 ha compare
- 37 Poland 335,100 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1847 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2358 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8814 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Afghanistan was 350,722 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 350,722 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 96,700 ha in 1987.
- How does Afghanistan rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 34th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — 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.