Fruit Primary — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Fruit Primary — Production was 3.91 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Afghanistan is 3.91 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 128.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Afghanistan peaked at 3.91 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 565,000 t, in 1962.
Afghanistan ranks 40th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 567,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 565,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 571,700 t | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 663,800 t | +16.1% |
| 1965 | 715,200 t | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 778,700 t | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 913,000 t | +17.2% |
| 1968 | 922,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 933,300 t | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 893,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 748,900 t | -16.1% |
| 1972 | 885,000 t | +18.2% |
| 1973 | 929,500 t | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 957,600 t | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 976,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 1.02 million t | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 775,525 t | -24.3% |
| 1978 | 920,581 t | +18.7% |
| 1979 | 913,200 t | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 939,230 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 936,500 t | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 913,600 t | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 894,600 t | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 860,406 t | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 833,597 t | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 783,099 t | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 740,600 t | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 748,430 t | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 745,000 t | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 758,270 t | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 811,941 t | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 771,678 t | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 770,309 t | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 781,137 t | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 789,515 t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 804,499 t | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 820,513 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 839,561 t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 864,849 t | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 856,632 t | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 894,887 t | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 917,769 t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 969,753 t | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 801,156 t | -17.4% |
| 2005 | 936,923 t | +16.9% |
| 2006 | 1.24 million t | +32.5% |
| 2007 | 1.28 million t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 1.24 million t | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 1.46 million t | +17.3% |
| 2010 | 1.36 million t | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 1.27 million t | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 1.35 million t | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 1.35 million t | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.72 million t | +27.4% |
| 2015 | 1.83 million t | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 2.60 million t | +41.9% |
| 2017 | 2.77 million t | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 2.31 million t | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 3.11 million t | +34.9% |
| 2020 | 3.46 million t | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 3.68 million t | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 3.37 million t | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 3.87 million t | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 3.91 million t | +1.1% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 3.91 million t is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.24 million t, 3.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 3.91 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.04 million t, 3.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Production 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 | +41.9% | 1.83 million t | 2.60 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 736,656 t | 565,000 t | 933,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 902,387 t | 748,900 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 839,506 t | 740,600 t | 939,230 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 801,227 t | 758,270 t | 864,849 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 million t | 801,156 t | 1.46 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.97 million t | 1.27 million t | 3.11 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.66 million t | 3.37 million t | 3.91 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in Afghanistan?
- Fruit primary — production in Afghanistan was 3.91 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.91 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 565,000 t in 1962.
- How does Afghanistan rank for fruit primary — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 40th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 128.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Production. 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.