Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 3.70 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Western Asia is 3.70 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 3.85 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.88 million ha, in 1962.
Western Asia ranks 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.93 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.88 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 1.92 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 2.07 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 2.10 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 2.15 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 2.18 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 2.20 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 2.20 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 2.07 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 2.31 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 2.51 million ha | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 2.38 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 2.51 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 2.34 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 2.32 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 2.49 million ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 2.38 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 2.36 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 2.54 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 2.46 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 2.43 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 2.50 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 2.73 million ha | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 2.75 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 2.76 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 2.91 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 3.04 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 3.06 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 2.98 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 2.75 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 3.17 million ha | +15.2% |
| 1993 | 3.06 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 3.15 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 3.39 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 3.37 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 3.47 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 3.51 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 3.42 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 3.20 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 3.27 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 3.32 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 3.31 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 3.26 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 3.27 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 3.35 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 3.24 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 3.22 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 3.16 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 3.30 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 3.44 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 3.34 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 3.22 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.26 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3.28 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 3.31 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 3.50 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 3.54 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 3.57 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 3.37 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 3.64 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 3.85 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 3.69 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 3.70 million ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.07 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 2.20 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.37 million ha | 2.07 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.72 million ha | 2.43 million ha | 3.06 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.23 million ha | 2.75 million ha | 3.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.26 million ha | 3.16 million ha | 3.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.38 million ha | 3.22 million ha | 3.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.65 million ha | 3.37 million ha | 3.85 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 20 Spain 3.46 million ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 16,430 ha compare
- 21 Myanmar 3.42 million ha compare
- 22 Kazakhstan 2.89 million ha compare
- 23 France 2.20 million ha compare
- 24 Burkina Faso 2.01 million ha compare
- 25 South Africa 1.92 million ha compare
- 26 Tunisia 1.89 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Western Asia was 3.70 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.85 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.88 million ha in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil 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.