Fruit Primary — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Fruit Primary — Production was 77.36 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 77.36 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 77.36 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.53 million t, in 1961.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 20 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 — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15.53 million t | — |
| 1962 | 16.44 million t | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 16.48 million t | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 17.37 million t | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 16.40 million t | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 17.36 million t | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 19.01 million t | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 20.03 million t | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 20.47 million t | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 22.95 million t | +12.1% |
| 1971 | 22.75 million t | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 22.89 million t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 23.99 million t | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 25.12 million t | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 25.43 million t | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 25.11 million t | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 25.34 million t | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 25.53 million t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 23.26 million t | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 23.20 million t | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 23.97 million t | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 24.98 million t | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 25.30 million t | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 24.82 million t | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 25.98 million t | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 26.37 million t | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 27.16 million t | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 27.68 million t | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 28.77 million t | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 29.66 million t | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 30.10 million t | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 30.45 million t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 29.79 million t | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 29.66 million t | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 29.51 million t | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 29.82 million t | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 30.94 million t | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 31.94 million t | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 32.24 million t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 32.44 million t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 33.15 million t | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 36.92 million t | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 37.74 million t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 39.53 million t | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 40.83 million t | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 43.67 million t | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 44.71 million t | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 40.67 million t | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 45.42 million t | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 47.53 million t | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 48.88 million t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 49.67 million t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 52.51 million t | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 55.50 million t | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 57.69 million t | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 57.90 million t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 59.27 million t | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 63.14 million t | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 66.92 million t | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 71.11 million t | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 72.86 million t | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 73.67 million t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 75.43 million t | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 77.36 million t | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.68 million t | 15.53 million t | 20.47 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24.24 million t | 22.75 million t | 25.53 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.82 million t | 23.20 million t | 28.77 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.41 million t | 29.51 million t | 32.24 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.51 million t | 32.44 million t | 45.42 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.90 million t | 47.53 million t | 66.92 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.09 million t | 71.11 million t | 77.36 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Fruit primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 77.36 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 77.36 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.53 million t in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for fruit primary — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.