Pears — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Pears — Yield was 6,635 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — yield in Afghanistan is 6,635 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 13,333 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,817 kg/ha, in 2019.
Afghanistan ranks 63rd of 87 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 7,941 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 8,108 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 8,810 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 9,024 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 8,810 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 8,571 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 6,905 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1972 | 8,140 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1973 | 8,409 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 8,409 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,222 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 7,778 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 4,667 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1978 | 6,818 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1979 | 6,744 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 6,977 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 6,905 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 7,180 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 7,297 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 6,944 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 7,429 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 7,333 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 6,875 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 7,188 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 7,108 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 11,300 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 1992 | 11,198 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 11,097 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 10,995 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 10,893 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 10,792 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 10,690 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 10,588 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 10,486 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 10,384 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 10,283 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 10,181 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 10,079 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 10,222 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 10,971 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 10,114 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 6,129 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 2008 | 10,000 kg/ha | +63.2% |
| 2009 | 13,333 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 10,994 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2011 | 10,912 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 13,333 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 8,044 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 2014 | 8,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 7,054 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 3,883 kg/ha | -45.0% |
| 2017 | 4,989 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2018 | 5,797 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 2,817 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 2020 | 8,027 kg/ha | +185.0% |
| 2021 | 7,994 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 7,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 6,635 kg/ha | -5.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 6,635 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,608 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +185.0% | 2,817 kg/ha | 8,027 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +63.2% | 6,129 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +59.0% | 7,108 kg/ha | 11,300 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -51.4% | 5,797 kg/ha | 2,817 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +46.1% | 4,667 kg/ha | 6,818 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -45.0% | 7,054 kg/ha | 3,883 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,799 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 9,024 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,466 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,113 kg/ha | 6,875 kg/ha | 7,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,515 kg/ha | 7,108 kg/ha | 11,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,170 kg/ha | 6,129 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,582 kg/ha | 2,817 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,531 kg/ha | 6,635 kg/ha | 8,027 kg/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)
- 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 — yield in Afghanistan?
- Pears — yield in Afghanistan was 6,635 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 13,333 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,817 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Afghanistan rank for pears — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 63rd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.