Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 39,729 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 39,729 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 199,554 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 620 ha, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 106th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 620 ha | — |
| 1962 | 670 ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 695 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 737 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 740 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 765 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 876 ha | +14.5% |
| 1968 | 1,034 ha | +18.0% |
| 1969 | 1,287 ha | +24.5% |
| 1970 | 1,648 ha | +28.0% |
| 1971 | 1,353 ha | -17.9% |
| 1972 | 1,250 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 1,302 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 2,037 ha | +56.5% |
| 1975 | 2,684 ha | +31.8% |
| 1976 | 3,151 ha | +17.4% |
| 1977 | 4,733 ha | +50.2% |
| 1978 | 6,915 ha | +46.1% |
| 1979 | 7,514 ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 9,175 ha | +22.1% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 12,352 ha | +23.5% |
| 1983 | 13,845 ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 12,915 ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 11,508 ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 10,927 ha | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 11,130 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 26,199 ha | +135.4% |
| 1989 | 25,793 ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 25,574 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 26,027 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 31,048 ha | +19.3% |
| 1993 | 32,183 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 32,244 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 33,821 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 34,940 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 40,972 ha | +17.3% |
| 1998 | 64,848 ha | +58.3% |
| 1999 | 177,379 ha | +173.5% |
| 2000 | 195,215 ha | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 188,167 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 188,021 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 187,741 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 188,499 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 189,861 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 188,072 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 187,791 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 188,354 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 188,729 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 199,554 ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 43,762 ha | -78.1% |
| 2012 | 40,629 ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 32,209 ha | -20.7% |
| 2014 | 37,039 ha | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 38,709 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 39,361 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 39,288 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 39,596 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 40,272 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 40,904 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 41,441 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 41,508 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 41,454 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 39,729 ha | -4.2% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 39,729 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 2.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 39,729 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 71,505 ha, 56% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +173.5% | 64,848 ha | 177,379 ha |
| 1988 | +135.4% | 11,130 ha | 26,199 ha |
| 2011 | -78.1% | 199,554 ha | 43,762 ha |
| 1998 | +58.3% | 40,972 ha | 64,848 ha |
| 1974 | +56.5% | 1,302 ha | 2,037 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 824.89 ha | 620 ha | 1,287 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,259 ha | 1,250 ha | 7,514 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,384 ha | 9,175 ha | 26,199 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,904 ha | 25,574 ha | 177,379 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 189,045 ha | 187,741 ha | 195,215 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,042 ha | 32,209 ha | 199,554 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,007 ha | 39,729 ha | 41,508 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0086 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.5232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0347 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 39,729 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 199,554 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 620 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 106th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.