Pears — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Pears — Area harvested was 8,269 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 8,269 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 8,826 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 380 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 380 ha | — |
| 1962 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 420 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 440 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 470 ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 620 ha | +31.9% |
| 1968 | 610 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 620 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 600 ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 580 ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 580 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 590 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 535 ha | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 535 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 715 ha | +33.6% |
| 1978 | 715 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 761 ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 793 ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 689 ha | -13.1% |
| 1982 | 671 ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 680 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 686 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1,117 ha | +62.8% |
| 1986 | 1,009 ha | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 1,061 ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 1,127 ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 1,211 ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 3,567 ha | +194.5% |
| 1991 | 3,496 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 3,853 ha | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 3,780 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 2,824 ha | -25.3% |
| 1995 | 2,898 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 3,004 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 3,093 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 3,130 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 3,360 ha | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 3,388 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 3,379 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 3,588 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 3,907 ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 4,043 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 4,152 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 4,289 ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 4,396 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 4,455 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 4,384 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 4,518 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 4,846 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 5,396 ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 5,265 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 5,706 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 5,784 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 6,564 ha | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 6,569 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 6,787 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 7,568 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 6,320 ha | -16.5% |
| 2021 | 8,805 ha | +39.3% |
| 2022 | 8,826 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,621 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 8,269 ha | -4.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +194.5% | 1,211 ha | 3,567 ha |
| 1985 | +62.8% | 686 ha | 1,117 ha |
| 2021 | +39.3% | 6,320 ha | 8,805 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 480 ha | 380 ha | 620 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 623.1 ha | 535 ha | 761 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 904.4 ha | 671 ha | 1,211 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,300 ha | 2,824 ha | 3,853 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,998 ha | 3,379 ha | 4,455 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,900 ha | 4,518 ha | 7,568 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,168 ha | 6,320 ha | 8,826 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 China 978,380 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 973,085 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 22,258 ha compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,024 ha compare
- 3 USSR 120,000 ha compare
- 4 India 35,023 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 3,690 ha compare
- 5 Yugoslav SFR 24,760 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,273 ha compare
- 6 Italy 20,570 ha compare
- 7 Argentina 19,900 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 2,071 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Pears — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 8,269 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 8,826 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 380 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for pears — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 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.