Oats — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Oats — Area harvested was 28,394 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 28,394 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 80,100 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 7,400 ha, in 1980.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,642 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 12,300 ha | -59.9% |
| 1964 | 20,700 ha | +68.3% |
| 1965 | 24,098 ha | +16.4% |
| 1966 | 24,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 24,065 ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 26,700 ha | +10.9% |
| 1969 | 26,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,700 ha | -30.0% |
| 1971 | 10,700 ha | -42.8% |
| 1972 | 11,700 ha | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 12,700 ha | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 13,700 ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 14,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 15,700 ha | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 15,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 14,100 ha | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 7,400 ha | -47.5% |
| 1981 | 35,900 ha | +385.1% |
| 1982 | 80,100 ha | +123.1% |
| 1983 | 57,620 ha | -28.1% |
| 1984 | 26,890 ha | -53.3% |
| 1985 | 37,860 ha | +40.8% |
| 1986 | 39,610 ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 41,800 ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 53,590 ha | +28.2% |
| 1989 | 43,220 ha | -19.4% |
| 1990 | 43,186 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 45,668 ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 41,118 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 29,903 ha | -27.3% |
| 1994 | 34,315 ha | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 46,320 ha | +35.0% |
| 1996 | 64,430 ha | +39.1% |
| 1997 | 62,640 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 55,850 ha | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 59,676 ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 52,030 ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 52,754 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 30,088 ha | -43.0% |
| 2003 | 30,198 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 30,223 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 45,281 ha | +49.8% |
| 2006 | 44,515 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 41,173 ha | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 44,033 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 38,642 ha | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 43,768 ha | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 44,077 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 37,739 ha | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 43,015 ha | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 43,645 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 33,481 ha | -23.3% |
| 2016 | 29,524 ha | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 29,905 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 20,568 ha | -31.2% |
| 2019 | 21,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 27,260 ha | +26.8% |
| 2021 | 22,105 ha | -18.9% |
| 2022 | 38,633 ha | +74.8% |
| 2023 | 29,333 ha | -24.1% |
| 2024 | 28,394 ha | -3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +385.1% | 7,400 ha | 35,900 ha |
| 1982 | +123.1% | 35,900 ha | 80,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,512 ha | 12,300 ha | 30,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,390 ha | 10,700 ha | 18,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,399 ha | 7,400 ha | 80,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,311 ha | 29,903 ha | 64,430 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,894 ha | 30,088 ha | 52,754 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,722 ha | 20,568 ha | 44,077 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,145 ha | 22,105 ha | 38,633 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 USSR 10.63 million ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 1.60 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 142,587 ha compare
- 3 Canada 993,200 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14,685 ha compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 746,420 ha compare
- 5 Australia 742,000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,916 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 539,317 ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1,621 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Oats — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 28,394 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 80,100 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,400 ha in 1980.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for oats — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — 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.