Persimmons — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Persimmons — Area harvested was 21,790 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Persimmons — 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 persimmons — area harvested in Western Asia is 21,790 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 79.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persimmons — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 21,790 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Persimmons — Area harvested in Western Asia, 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 | 3,872 ha | +204.9% |
| 1992 | 8,832 ha | +128.1% |
| 1993 | 8,734 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 8,912 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 8,840 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 8,636 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 8,499 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 8,515 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 9,130 ha | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 10,401 ha | +13.9% |
| 2001 | 11,875 ha | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 15,291 ha | +28.8% |
| 2003 | 15,975 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 15,868 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 16,872 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 13,450 ha | -20.3% |
| 2007 | 17,172 ha | +27.7% |
| 2008 | 18,197 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 18,018 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 17,211 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 17,609 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 17,989 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 12,205 ha | -32.2% |
| 2014 | 12,148 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 12,350 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 12,839 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 13,363 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 14,507 ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 15,094 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 15,934 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 16,647 ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 17,649 ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 20,593 ha | +16.7% |
| 2024 | 21,790 ha | +5.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Persimmons — Area harvested in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +204.9% | 1,270 ha | 3,872 ha |
| 1992 | +128.1% | 3,872 ha | 8,832 ha |
| 1981 | +65.0% | 400 ha | 660 ha |
| 1988 | -47.1% | 1,700 ha | 900 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 | 7,524 ha | 1,270 ha | 9,130 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,312 ha | 10,401 ha | 18,197 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,532 ha | 12,148 ha | 17,989 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,523 ha | 15,934 ha | 21,790 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 1 China 1.14 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.13 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 8,980 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,989 ha compare
- 3 Republic of Korea 23,423 ha compare
- 4 Spain 18,526 ha compare
- 5 Japan 17,200 ha compare
- 6 Azerbaijan 12,072 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is persimmons — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Persimmons — area harvested in Western Asia was 21,790 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest persimmons — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,790 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest persimmons — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for persimmons — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 3rd out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is persimmons — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.