Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 747 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 747 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 759 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 280 ha, in 1993.
Eritrea ranks 181st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 280 ha | — |
| 1994 | 400 ha | +42.9% |
| 1995 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 350 ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 350 ha | -22.2% |
| 2000 | 357 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 419 ha | +17.4% |
| 2002 | 650 ha | +55.1% |
| 2003 | 557 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 571 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 586 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 700 ha | +19.5% |
| 2007 | 616 ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 628 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 640 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 653 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 666 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 700 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 706 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 723 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 721 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 717 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 748 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 729 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 759 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 745 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 744 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 750 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 746 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 747 ha | +0.1% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 747 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 127,290 ha, 1% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 747 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 1% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +55.1% | 419 ha | 650 ha |
| 1994 | +42.9% | 280 ha | 400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 372.86 ha | 280 ha | 450 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 572.4 ha | 357 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 712.2 ha | 653 ha | 759 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 746.4 ha | 744 ha | 750 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Eritrea was 747 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 759 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 280 ha in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.