Fruit Primary — Area harvested in World

World: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 68.44 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
68.44 million ha
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
1st
of 29 groups
All-time high
68.44 million ha
in 2024
All-time low
27.21 million ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in World is 68.44 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in World peaked at 68.44 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.21 million ha, in 1961.

World ranks 1st of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Fruit Primary — Area harvested in World, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Area harvested in World, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 27.21 million ha —
1962 27.77 million ha +2.0%
1963 28.14 million ha +1.4%
1964 28.70 million ha +2.0%
1965 28.83 million ha +0.4%
1966 28.81 million ha -0.1%
1967 29.45 million ha +2.2%
1968 29.95 million ha +1.7%
1969 29.91 million ha -0.1%
1970 31.17 million ha +4.2%
1971 31.62 million ha +1.4%
1972 31.96 million ha +1.1%
1973 32.55 million ha +1.8%
1974 32.97 million ha +1.3%
1975 33.52 million ha +1.7%
1976 33.97 million ha +1.4%
1977 34.27 million ha +0.9%
1978 34.62 million ha +1.0%
1979 34.86 million ha +0.7%
1980 35.43 million ha +1.6%
1981 35.68 million ha +0.7%
1982 36.27 million ha +1.6%
1983 36.60 million ha +0.9%
1984 37.19 million ha +1.6%
1985 40.90 million ha +10.0%
1986 42.10 million ha +2.9%
1987 42.89 million ha +1.9%
1988 44.05 million ha +2.7%
1989 44.57 million ha +1.2%
1990 44.22 million ha -0.8%
1991 44.83 million ha +1.4%
1992 46.19 million ha +3.0%
1993 46.98 million ha +1.7%
1994 47.87 million ha +1.9%
1995 48.94 million ha +2.2%
1996 50.13 million ha +2.4%
1997 50.86 million ha +1.5%
1998 51.27 million ha +0.8%
1999 52.04 million ha +1.5%
2000 53.36 million ha +2.5%
2001 53.70 million ha +0.6%
2002 54.46 million ha +1.4%
2003 55.31 million ha +1.6%
2004 56.31 million ha +1.8%
2005 57.07 million ha +1.4%
2006 58.20 million ha +2.0%
2007 59.02 million ha +1.4%
2008 58.40 million ha -1.1%
2009 59.59 million ha +2.0%
2010 60.68 million ha +1.8%
2011 61.16 million ha +0.8%
2012 61.58 million ha +0.7%
2013 62.74 million ha +1.9%
2014 63.24 million ha +0.8%
2015 63.24 million ha -0.0%
2016 62.55 million ha -1.1%
2017 62.21 million ha -0.5%
2018 63.19 million ha +1.6%
2019 65.00 million ha +2.9%
2020 66.08 million ha +1.7%
2021 66.60 million ha +0.8%
2022 67.40 million ha +1.2%
2023 67.78 million ha +0.6%
2024 68.44 million ha +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 28.75 million ha 27.21 million ha 29.95 million ha 9
1970s 33.15 million ha 31.17 million ha 34.86 million ha 10
1980s 39.57 million ha 35.43 million ha 44.57 million ha 10
1990s 48.33 million ha 44.22 million ha 52.04 million ha 10
2000s 56.54 million ha 53.36 million ha 59.59 million ha 10
2010s 62.56 million ha 60.68 million ha 65.00 million ha 10
2020s 67.26 million ha 66.08 million ha 68.44 million ha 5

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 China 16.14 million ha compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 16.00 million ha compare
  3. 3 India 7.05 million ha compare
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.38 million ha compare
  5. 4 USSR 3.34 million ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — area harvested in World?
Fruit primary — area harvested in World was 68.44 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 68.44 million ha in 2024.
What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 27.21 million ha in 1961.
How does World rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
World ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this World 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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Indicator
Fruit Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,778 data points, 1961–2024
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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.