Persimmons — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Persimmons — Area harvested was 737 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Persimmons — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, persimmons — area harvested in Israel stood at 737 ha.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persimmons — area harvested in Israel peaked at 5,040 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Israel 12th out of 20 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.
Persimmons — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 200 ha | — |
| 1977 | 280 ha | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 250 ha | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 660 ha | +65.0% |
| 1982 | 950 ha | +43.9% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +26.3% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | +41.7% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | -47.1% |
| 1989 | 1,300 ha | +44.4% |
| 1990 | 1,270 ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 932 ha | -26.6% |
| 1992 | 860 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 850 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 708 ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 1,300 ha | +83.6% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 1,430 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 1,520 ha | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 1,660 ha | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 4,400 ha | +165.1% |
| 2003 | 4,769 ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 4,386 ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 5,040 ha | +14.9% |
| 2006 | 2,500 ha | -50.4% |
| 2007 | 3,800 ha | +52.0% |
| 2008 | 4,500 ha | +18.4% |
| 2009 | 3,800 ha | -15.6% |
| 2010 | 2,167 ha | -43.0% |
| 2011 | 1,699 ha | -21.6% |
| 2012 | 1,378 ha | -18.9% |
| 2013 | 1,341 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,374 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1,267 ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 1,170 ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 1,074 ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 1,049 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 988 ha | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 873 ha | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 855 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 855 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 792 ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 737 ha | -6.9% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 737 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 576 ha, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Persimmons — Area harvested in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +165.1% | 1,660 ha | 4,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 103 ha | 0 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,071 ha | 400 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,065 ha | 708 ha | 1,430 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,638 ha | 1,520 ha | 5,040 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,351 ha | 988 ha | 2,167 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 822.4 ha | 737 ha | 873 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is persimmons — area harvested in Israel?
- Persimmons — area harvested in Israel was 737 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest persimmons — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 5,040 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest persimmons — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Israel rank for persimmons — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 12th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is persimmons — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Persimmons — 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.