Sugar beet — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 337 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — area harvested in Afghanistan is 337 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.3% on the previous year and down 65.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 5,000 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 196 ha, in 2018.
Afghanistan ranks 48th of 68 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,537 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 4,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 4,750 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,200 ha | -36.0% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | -50.0% |
| 1981 | 2,400 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 800 ha | -63.6% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +62.5% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | -73.3% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | -50.0% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | +42.9% |
| 1991 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1992 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 ha | +400.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,500 ha | +150.0% |
| 2008 | 4,640 ha | +85.6% |
| 2009 | 1,100 ha | -76.3% |
| 2010 | 1,170 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 1,172 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,172 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 980 ha | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 980 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 551 ha | -43.8% |
| 2016 | 202 ha | -63.3% |
| 2017 | 201 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 196 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 616 ha | +214.3% |
| 2020 | 347 ha | -43.7% |
| 2021 | 350 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 343 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 300 ha | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 337 ha | +12.3% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 337 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 337 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +400.0% | 200 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2019 | +214.3% | 196 ha | 616 ha |
| 2007 | +150.0% | 1,000 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 2008 | +85.6% | 2,500 ha | 4,640 ha |
| 2009 | -76.3% | 4,640 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 1986 | -73.3% | 1,500 ha | 400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,982 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,535 ha | 3,200 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,081 ha | 200 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 210 ha | 200 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,204 ha | 200 ha | 4,640 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 724 ha | 196 ha | 1,172 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 335.4 ha | 300 ha | 350 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 sugar beet — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Afghanistan was 337 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 196 ha in 2018.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 48th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.6%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.