Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 1,627 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Israel stood at 1,627 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Israel peaked at 3,200 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 2009.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 2,700 ha | +28.6% |
| 1967 | 3,200 ha | +18.5% |
| 1968 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,578 ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 1,564 ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 1,550 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1,536 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,522 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,509 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 1,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,450 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 1,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,500 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 1,620 ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 1,557 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,559 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,578 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,573 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,597 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,627 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,631 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,630 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,627 ha | -0.2% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 1,627 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,692 ha, 96% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Israel's 1,627 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 413 ha, 3.9× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,478 ha | 1,900 ha | 3,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,840 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,800 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,526 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,578 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,485 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,539 ha | 1,450 ha | 1,620 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,622 ha | 1,597 ha | 1,631 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Israel?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Israel was 1,627 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 3,200 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 2009.
- How does Israel rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 6th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — 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.