Millet — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Millet — Area harvested was 1,127 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 1,127 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 43,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 979 ha, in 2021.
That places Afghanistan 67th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,389 ha | 23,500 ha | 31,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,550 ha | 33,000 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,550 ha | 29,000 ha | 39,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,898 ha | 25,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,070 ha | 10,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,324 ha | 1,270 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,205 ha | 979 ha | 1,437 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 64 Rwanda 2,424 ha compare
- 65 Hungary 2,418 ha compare
- 66 Czechoslovakia 1,700 ha compare
- 67 Yugoslav SFR 1,127 ha compare
- 69 Republic of Korea 1,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Millet — area harvested in Afghanistan was 1,127 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 43,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 979 ha in 2021.
- How does Afghanistan rank for millet — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 67th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. 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 Millet — 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.