Hempseed — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Hempseed — Area harvested was 721 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Hempseed — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 721 ha for hempseed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 83.9% on the previous year and up 72,000.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hempseed — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 13,700 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 2013.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Hempseed — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1963 | 11,300 ha | -13.1% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,360 ha | -6.4% |
| 1968 | 9,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 8,300 ha | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 8,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 8,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 7,700 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 6,950 ha | -13.1% |
| 1976 | 8,000 ha | +15.1% |
| 1977 | 7,200 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 8,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,400 ha | +17.5% |
| 1981 | 9,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 7,400 ha | -17.8% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 1984 | 6,875 ha | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 4,160 ha | -39.5% |
| 1986 | 3,550 ha | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 4,030 ha | +13.5% |
| 1988 | 3,400 ha | -15.6% |
| 1989 | 4,200 ha | +23.5% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | -40.5% |
| 1991 | 3,096 ha | +23.8% |
| 1992 | 3,370 ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 2,988 ha | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | -16.3% |
| 1995 | 1,600 ha | -36.0% |
| 1996 | 2,450 ha | +53.1% |
| 1997 | 1,600 ha | -34.7% |
| 1998 | 800 ha | -50.0% |
| 1999 | 536 ha | -33.0% |
| 2000 | 883 ha | +64.7% |
| 2001 | 700 ha | -20.7% |
| 2002 | 660 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 650 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 375 ha | -42.3% |
| 2005 | 65 ha | -82.7% |
| 2006 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 56 ha | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 29 ha | -48.2% |
| 2009 | 66 ha | +127.6% |
| 2010 | 22 ha | -66.7% |
| 2011 | 16 ha | -27.3% |
| 2012 | 6 ha | -62.5% |
| 2013 | 1 ha | -83.3% |
| 2014 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 2 ha | -33.3% |
| 2018 | 6 ha | +200.0% |
| 2019 | 48 ha | +700.0% |
| 2020 | 10 ha | -79.2% |
| 2021 | 32 ha | +220.0% |
| 2022 | 194 ha | +506.2% |
| 2023 | 392 ha | +102.1% |
| 2024 | 721 ha | +83.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hempseed — Area harvested in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +700.0% | 6 ha | 48 ha |
| 2022 | +506.2% | 32 ha | 194 ha |
| 2021 | +220.0% | 10 ha | 32 ha |
| 2018 | +200.0% | 2 ha | 6 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,584 ha | 8,300 ha | 13,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,875 ha | 6,950 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,802 ha | 3,400 ha | 9,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,144 ha | 536 ha | 3,370 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 354.9 ha | 29 ha | 883 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7 ha | 1 ha | 48 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 269.8 ha | 10 ha | 721 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
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- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hempseed — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Hempseed — area harvested in Western Asia was 721 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hempseed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,700 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest hempseed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 2013.
- How does Western Asia rank for hempseed — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 9th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is hempseed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72,000.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hempseed — 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.