Fruit Primary — Production in Western Asia

Western Asia: Fruit Primary — Production was 41.76 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
41.76 million t
Change on year
down 3.6%
Rank
14th
of 29 groups
All-time high
43.33 million t
in 2023
All-time low
11.34 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Western Asia is 41.76 million t, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Western Asia peaked at 43.33 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.34 million t, in 1961.

That places Western Asia 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Fruit Primary — Production in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Production in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 11.34 million t —
1962 12.28 million t +8.3%
1963 11.43 million t -6.9%
1964 12.28 million t +7.4%
1965 12.93 million t +5.3%
1966 12.85 million t -0.6%
1967 14.54 million t +13.2%
1968 15.27 million t +5.0%
1969 14.84 million t -2.8%
1970 14.98 million t +0.9%
1971 17.04 million t +13.8%
1972 16.41 million t -3.7%
1973 15.08 million t -8.1%
1974 16.71 million t +10.8%
1975 17.35 million t +3.8%
1976 17.95 million t +3.5%
1977 18.32 million t +2.0%
1978 19.01 million t +3.8%
1979 20.41 million t +7.4%
1980 20.51 million t +0.5%
1981 20.80 million t +1.4%
1982 22.23 million t +6.9%
1983 22.06 million t -0.8%
1984 21.89 million t -0.8%
1985 23.47 million t +7.2%
1986 23.04 million t -1.8%
1987 23.56 million t +2.3%
1988 24.26 million t +2.9%
1989 23.38 million t -3.6%
1990 24.54 million t +5.0%
1991 25.02 million t +1.9%
1992 27.53 million t +10.0%
1993 26.78 million t -2.7%
1994 27.74 million t +3.6%
1995 28.38 million t +2.3%
1996 29.13 million t +2.6%
1997 28.57 million t -1.9%
1998 30.06 million t +5.2%
1999 29.73 million t -1.1%
2000 30.20 million t +1.6%
2001 30.18 million t -0.1%
2002 30.59 million t +1.4%
2003 31.44 million t +2.8%
2004 30.16 million t -4.1%
2005 32.85 million t +8.9%
2006 32.13 million t -2.2%
2007 32.59 million t +1.4%
2008 32.87 million t +0.8%
2009 34.44 million t +4.8%
2010 33.43 million t -2.9%
2011 34.12 million t +2.1%
2012 34.90 million t +2.3%
2013 35.41 million t +1.5%
2014 33.60 million t -5.1%
2015 34.72 million t +3.3%
2016 35.94 million t +3.5%
2017 37.48 million t +4.3%
2018 38.13 million t +1.7%
2019 39.05 million t +2.4%
2020 40.56 million t +3.9%
2021 41.43 million t +2.1%
2022 41.67 million t +0.6%
2023 43.33 million t +4.0%
2024 41.76 million t -3.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 13.09 million t 11.34 million t 15.27 million t 9
1970s 17.32 million t 14.98 million t 20.41 million t 10
1980s 22.52 million t 20.51 million t 24.26 million t 10
1990s 27.75 million t 24.54 million t 30.06 million t 10
2000s 31.75 million t 30.16 million t 34.44 million t 10
2010s 35.68 million t 33.43 million t 39.05 million t 10
2020s 41.75 million t 40.56 million t 43.33 million t 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 11 Philippines 16.33 million t compare
  2. 11 Melanesia 2.89 million t compare
  3. 12 Nigeria 15.81 million t compare
  4. 12 Syrian Arab Republic 2.00 million t compare
  5. 13 Colombia 11.97 million t compare
  6. 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.82 million t compare
  7. 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.54 million t compare
  8. 14 Uganda 11.90 million t compare
  9. 15 Ecuador 9.92 million t compare
  10. 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.21 million t compare
  11. 16 Republic of Moldova 1.01 million t compare
  12. 16 Thailand 9.92 million t compare
  13. 17 Dominican Republic 9.23 million t compare
  14. 17 Polynesia 70,967 t compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — production in Western Asia?
Fruit primary — production in Western Asia was 41.76 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 43.33 million t in 2023.
What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 11.34 million t in 1961.
How does Western Asia rank for fruit primary — production?
Western Asia ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western Asia 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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Indicator
Fruit Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 14,012 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.