Pears — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Pears — Area harvested was 3,661 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pears — area harvested in Afghanistan stood at 3,661 ha.
The figure is down 8.5% on the previous year and up 479.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 4,003 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 202 ha, in 1991.
That places Afghanistan 36th out of 87 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.
Pears — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 340 ha | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 370 ha | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 420 ha | +13.5% |
| 1968 | 410 ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 440 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 440 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 440 ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 430 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 430 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 420 ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 390 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 370 ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 323 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 202 ha | -37.5% |
| 1992 | 208 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 215 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 225 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 234 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 243 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 253 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 262 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 272 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 282 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 284 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 379 ha | +33.5% |
| 2003 | 435 ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 256 ha | -41.1% |
| 2005 | 305 ha | +19.1% |
| 2006 | 350 ha | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 225 ha | -35.7% |
| 2010 | 220 ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 225 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 225 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 319 ha | +41.8% |
| 2014 | 632 ha | +98.1% |
| 2015 | 717 ha | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 1,346 ha | +87.7% |
| 2017 | 1,680 ha | +24.8% |
| 2018 | 1,806 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 2,473 ha | +36.9% |
| 2020 | 2,245 ha | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 4,003 ha | +78.3% |
| 2022 | 4,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,661 ha | -8.5% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 3,661 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,197 ha, 3.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Area harvested in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +98.1% | 319 ha | 632 ha |
| 2016 | +87.7% | 717 ha | 1,346 ha |
| 2021 | +78.3% | 2,245 ha | 4,003 ha |
| 2004 | -41.1% | 435 ha | 256 ha |
| 2013 | +41.8% | 225 ha | 319 ha |
| 1991 | -37.5% | 323 ha | 202 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 353.33 ha | 300 ha | 420 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 437 ha | 420 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 366 ha | 300 ha | 430 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 243.7 ha | 202 ha | 323 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 321.6 ha | 225 ha | 435 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 964.3 ha | 220 ha | 2,473 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,582 ha | 2,245 ha | 4,003 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Pears — area harvested in Afghanistan was 3,661 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,003 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 202 ha in 1991.
- How does Afghanistan rank for pears — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 36th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 479.3%. 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 Pears — 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.