Millet — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Millet — Area harvested was 229,451 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Pakistan stood at 229,451 ha.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 914,000 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 226,614 ha, in 2021.
Pakistan ranks 16th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 832,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 851,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 741,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1964 | 911,000 ha | +22.9% |
| 1965 | 840,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 837,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 914,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 736,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 1969 | 631,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1970 | 750,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 1971 | 759,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 611,755 ha | -19.4% |
| 1973 | 733,240 ha | +19.9% |
| 1974 | 545,117 ha | -25.7% |
| 1975 | 623,855 ha | +14.4% |
| 1976 | 648,030 ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 641,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 658,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 561,300 ha | -14.8% |
| 1980 | 405,900 ha | -27.7% |
| 1981 | 559,300 ha | +37.8% |
| 1982 | 438,100 ha | -21.7% |
| 1983 | 553,000 ha | +26.2% |
| 1984 | 605,700 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 560,800 ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 508,900 ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 292,700 ha | -42.5% |
| 1988 | 510,000 ha | +74.2% |
| 1989 | 511,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 490,500 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 312,800 ha | -36.2% |
| 1992 | 487,300 ha | +55.8% |
| 1993 | 302,900 ha | -37.8% |
| 1994 | 508,500 ha | +67.9% |
| 1995 | 406,800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 302,900 ha | -25.5% |
| 1997 | 460,000 ha | +51.9% |
| 1998 | 462,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 313,000 ha | -32.3% |
| 2000 | 389,600 ha | +24.5% |
| 2001 | 417,100 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 349,300 ha | -16.3% |
| 2003 | 539,300 ha | +54.4% |
| 2004 | 343,300 ha | -36.3% |
| 2005 | 440,700 ha | +28.4% |
| 2006 | 504,000 ha | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 530,600 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 469,700 ha | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 475,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 548,400 ha | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 458,300 ha | -16.4% |
| 2012 | 461,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 474,558 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 461,901 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 486,019 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 469,104 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 488,706 ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 455,660 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 522,187 ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 350,400 ha | -32.9% |
| 2021 | 226,614 ha | -35.3% |
| 2022 | 240,621 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 237,759 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 229,451 ha | -3.5% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 229,451 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 2.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 229,451 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,327 ha, 69.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 810,333 ha | 631,000 ha | 914,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 653,190 ha | 545,117 ha | 759,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 494,600 ha | 292,700 ha | 605,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 404,730 ha | 302,900 ha | 508,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 445,930 ha | 343,300 ha | 539,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 482,594 ha | 455,660 ha | 548,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 256,969 ha | 226,614 ha | 350,400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Millet — area harvested in Pakistan was 229,451 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 914,000 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 226,614 ha in 2021.
- How does Pakistan rank for millet — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 16th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.