Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 54,343 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, treenuts, total — area harvested in Afghanistan stood at 54,343 ha. 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 175.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 54,343 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Afghanistan 28th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,150 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 7,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 7,450 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 9,250 ha | +15.6% |
| 1967 | 9,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 9,950 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 10,100 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 10,350 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 10,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 11,300 ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 12,100 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 12,450 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 12,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 13,050 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 14,100 ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 13,950 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 13,650 ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 13,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 13,350 ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 13,200 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 13,850 ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 14,400 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 13,300 ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 12,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 12,350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 11,100 ha | -10.1% |
| 1990 | 11,737 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 11,038 ha | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 11,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12,700 ha | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 14,700 ha | +15.7% |
| 2002 | 11,200 ha | -23.8% |
| 2003 | 12,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 17,000 ha | +32.8% |
| 2005 | 17,295 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 17,616 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 17,402 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 18,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 16,333 ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 16,816 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 19,195 ha | +14.1% |
| 2012 | 19,275 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 19,957 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 19,720 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 21,035 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 27,144 ha | +29.0% |
| 2017 | 28,369 ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 28,970 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 38,456 ha | +32.7% |
| 2020 | 34,705 ha | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 52,361 ha | +50.9% |
| 2022 | 51,586 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 51,386 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 54,343 ha | +5.8% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 54,343 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 54,343 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 54,343 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,418 ha, 8.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +50.9% | 34,705 ha | 52,361 ha |
| 2004 | +32.8% | 12,800 ha | 17,000 ha |
| 2019 | +32.7% | 28,970 ha | 38,456 ha |
| 2016 | +29.0% | 21,035 ha | 27,144 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,411 ha | 7,000 ha | 10,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,440 ha | 10,350 ha | 14,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,160 ha | 11,100 ha | 14,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,238 ha | 11,038 ha | 11,737 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,505 ha | 11,200 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,894 ha | 16,816 ha | 38,456 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,876 ha | 34,705 ha | 54,343 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
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 treenuts, total — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Afghanistan was 54,343 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 54,343 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 28th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.6%. 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 Treenuts, Total — Area harvested. 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.