Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 175,218 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 175,218 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 216.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 234,400 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 49,170 ha, in 2012.
Afghanistan ranks 79th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,192 ha | — |
| 1962 | 179,356 ha | +8.6% |
| 1963 | 209,708 ha | +16.9% |
| 1964 | 209,708 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 169,239 ha | -19.3% |
| 1966 | 136,300 ha | -19.5% |
| 1967 | 141,100 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 141,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 143,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 142,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 143,400 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 142,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 170,600 ha | +20.1% |
| 1974 | 233,100 ha | +36.6% |
| 1975 | 218,400 ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 234,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 234,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 218,400 ha | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 198,700 ha | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 158,800 ha | -20.1% |
| 1981 | 186,900 ha | +17.7% |
| 1982 | 179,600 ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 178,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 176,600 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 182,100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 175,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 142,200 ha | -18.7% |
| 1988 | 143,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 150,100 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 119,600 ha | -20.3% |
| 1991 | 146,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1992 | 142,643 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 146,698 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 139,397 ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 135,590 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 133,253 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 132,079 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 128,696 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 124,533 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 113,096 ha | -9.2% |
| 2001 | 111,144 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 109,055 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 97,406 ha | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 93,875 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 107,412 ha | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 87,420 ha | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 87,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 86,160 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 81,950 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 81,958 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 52,113 ha | -36.4% |
| 2012 | 49,170 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 52,707 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 55,423 ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 61,225 ha | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 67,749 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 76,210 ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 90,833 ha | +19.2% |
| 2019 | 161,447 ha | +77.7% |
| 2020 | 154,510 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 117,356 ha | -24.0% |
| 2022 | 139,006 ha | +18.4% |
| 2023 | 153,630 ha | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 175,218 ha | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,189 ha | 136,300 ha | 209,708 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 193,600 ha | 142,000 ha | 234,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 167,300 ha | 142,200 ha | 186,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 134,859 ha | 119,600 ha | 146,698 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,452 ha | 81,950 ha | 113,096 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,884 ha | 49,170 ha | 161,447 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,944 ha | 117,356 ha | 175,218 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Afghanistan was 175,218 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 234,400 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,170 ha in 2012.
- How does Afghanistan rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 79th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 216.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.