Vegetables Primary — Area harvested by country
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...
Countries reporting
210
Highest
23.76 million ha
China
Lowest
1 ha
Nauru
Median
41,298 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,973
What the numbers show
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 23.76 million ha in China; the lowest is 1 ha in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 41,298 ha, and the mean is 407,759 ha.
Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 420.0%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 83.6%).
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 23.76 million ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 23.64 million ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 9.16 million ha | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 4.67 million ha | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 1.04 million ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 5 | USSR | 1.66 million ha | 1991 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 683,724 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 1.19 million ha | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 443,420 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 789,007 ha | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 727,779 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 321,319 ha | 2024 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 702,137 ha | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 272,954 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Cameroon | 680,510 ha | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 192,215 ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 670,490 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 99,761 ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 592,759 ha | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 92,238 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 462,245 ha | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 85,859 ha | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 14 | Guinea | 445,689 ha | 2024 | up 128.0% | rising |
| 14 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 64,997 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 426,309 ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 64,242 ha | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 386,779 ha | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 39,265 ha | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 17 | Myanmar | 380,654 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 17,870 ha | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 361,476 ha | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | 8,859 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 19 | Thailand | 359,795 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 798 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 353,177 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 322 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 21 | Nepal | 334,784 ha | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 330,660 ha | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 23 | Niger | 316,038 ha | 2024 | up 173.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Algeria | 315,828 ha | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Caribbean | 257,057 ha | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 315,060 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 202,470 ha | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 276,194 ha | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 27 | Sudan | 260,201 ha | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 28 | France | 245,988 ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 29 | Uganda | 244,443 ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 1,187 ha | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Yugoslav SFR | 237,089 ha | 1991 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 227,546 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 226,634 ha | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 33 | Sudan (former) | 216,705 ha | 2011 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 34 | Mali | 211,013 ha | 2024 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Kenya | 203,994 ha | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia PDR | 180,200 ha | 1992 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 37 | Argentina | 170,781 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 159,887 ha | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 39 | South Africa | 154,008 ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 148,901 ha | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia and Montenegro | 148,256 ha | 2005 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 42 | Malawi | 148,152 ha | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Angola | 137,920 ha | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Mozambique | 133,073 ha | 2024 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 128,399 ha | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 126,486 ha | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 125,471 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 48 | Poland | 124,000 ha | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 49 | China, Taiwan Province of | 121,100 ha | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 119,858 ha | 2024 | up 135.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Central African Republic | 119,552 ha | 2024 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Benin | 119,442 ha | 2024 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Tunisia | 117,743 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 117,666 ha | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 55 | Cuba | 115,552 ha | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Australia and New Zealand | 114,853 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 57 | Rwanda | 114,314 ha | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Colombia | 113,639 ha | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 59 | Germany | 105,170 ha | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 60 | Cambodia | 103,148 ha | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 99,012 ha | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 62 | Guatemala | 97,019 ha | 2024 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 91,880 ha | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 64 | Canada | 90,104 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 65 | Romania | 89,080 ha | 2024 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 88,156 ha | 2024 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Chile | 85,059 ha | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 68 | Ghana | 84,243 ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 69 | Iraq | 82,801 ha | 2024 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 80,862 ha | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 77,907 ha | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 77,705 ha | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Malaysia | 77,365 ha | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Israel | 67,863 ha | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 64,857 ha | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 76 | Serbia | 64,230 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 63,591 ha | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 78 | Belgium | 62,290 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 79 | South Sudan | 61,543 ha | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 80 | Czechoslovakia | 61,425 ha | 1992 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 59,807 ha | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 82 | Belarus | 59,582 ha | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 59,228 ha | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 84 | Burundi | 54,454 ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 53,332 ha | 2024 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 86 | Zambia | 51,503 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 87 | Portugal | 50,380 ha | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 88 | Madagascar | 48,340 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 48,171 ha | 1999 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 46,299 ha | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 44,155 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 92 | Yemen | 42,858 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 39,739 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 94 | Greece | 39,310 ha | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 95 | Albania | 35,753 ha | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 96 | Croatia | 34,900 ha | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 97 | New Zealand | 33,991 ha | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 98 | Haiti | 33,436 ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 99 | Oman | 31,641 ha | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Jordan | 31,272 ha | 2024 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 101 | Lebanon | 30,201 ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 102 | Togo | 29,608 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 103 | Hungary | 29,190 ha | 2024 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 104 | Liberia | 24,354 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 23,148 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 106 | Mongolia | 20,233 ha | 2024 | up 133.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Armenia | 18,264 ha | 2024 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 108 | Jamaica | 18,032 ha | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 109 | Somalia | 17,953 ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 17,290 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 111 | Switzerland | 16,903 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 112 | Austria | 16,690 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 113 | Paraguay | 15,383 ha | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 114 | Palestine | 15,156 ha | 2022 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 115 | Sweden | 14,710 ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 116 | Eritrea | 13,925 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 117 | Brunei Darussalam | 13,666 ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Honduras | 13,006 ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 119 | Georgia | 12,422 ha | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 120 | Gabon | 10,059 ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 121 | Chad | 9,955 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 122 | Denmark | 9,870 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 123 | Fiji | 9,380 ha | 2024 | up 178.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Czechia | 9,240 ha | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Congo | 9,208 ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 126 | Finland | 9,180 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 127 | Lithuania | 8,870 ha | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 128 | Uruguay | 8,412 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 129 | Slovakia | 8,400 ha | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 8,143 ha | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 131 | Tonga | 7,177 ha | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 132 | Norway | 7,118 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,092 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 134 | Mauritius | 7,061 ha | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 135 | Namibia | 6,706 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 6,617 ha | 2023 | up 43.0% | flat |
| 137 | El Salvador | 6,256 ha | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 6,195 ha | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 139 | New Caledonia | 6,093 ha | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Réunion | 6,039 ha | 2006 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Djibouti | 5,564 ha | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Bhutan | 5,358 ha | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Panama | 5,338 ha | 2024 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 144 | Malta | 5,261 ha | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 145 | Slovenia | 4,656 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 146 | Botswana | 4,493 ha | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 147 | Kuwait | 3,989 ha | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 3,576 ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 149 | Ireland | 3,490 ha | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahamas | 3,408 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 151 | Latvia | 3,300 ha | 2024 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 152 | Guyana | 3,298 ha | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,855 ha | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | 2,820 ha | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Guadeloupe | 2,759 ha | 2006 | up 96.8% | rising |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 2,675 ha | 2024 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 157 | Qatar | 2,661 ha | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 158 | Maldives | 2,114 ha | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 2,105 ha | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 2,084 ha | 2024 | up 163.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Gambia | 2,077 ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 1,690 ha | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 163 | Martinique | 1,681 ha | 2006 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 164 | Eswatini | 1,641 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 165 | Montenegro | 1,588 ha | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 166 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,577 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Dominica | 1,212 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 168 | Samoa | 1,145 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Barbados | 1,018 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 169 | French Guiana | 1,018 ha | 2006 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Singapore | 1,004 ha | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Mauritania | 895 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 173 | Seychelles | 663 ha | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Suriname | 553 ha | 2024 | down 61.5% | rising |
| 175 | Estonia | 510 ha | 2024 | down 83.6% | falling |
| 176 | Kiribati | 475 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 452 ha | 2024 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 390 ha | 2024 | up 420.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 387 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | 332 ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Bahrain | 327 ha | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 182 | Grenada | 297 ha | 2024 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 265 ha | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 255 ha | 2024 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 185 | Cook Islands | 176 ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 162 ha | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Iceland | 123 ha | 2024 | up 119.6% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 108 ha | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 84 ha | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 190 | Niue | 22 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 191 | Nauru | 1 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 59.63 million ha
- Asia 41.77 million ha
- Eastern Asia 24.65 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6.01 million ha
- Africa 11.55 million ha
- Middle Africa 1.06 million ha
- Southern Asia 11.16 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8.56 million ha
- Western Africa 6.48 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 6.17 million ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 377,175 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 4.17 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.65 million ha
- Americas 3.14 million ha
- Europe 3.00 million ha
- Eastern Africa 2.22 million ha
- European Union (27) 1.63 million ha
- Northern Africa 1.61 million ha
- Western Asia 1.24 million ha
- Eastern Europe 1.23 million ha
- South America 1.19 million ha
- Southern Europe 1.05 million ha
- Northern America 879,179 ha
- Central America 809,010 ha
- United States of America 789,075 ha
- Central Asia 549,912 ha
- Western Europe 539,311 ha
- Oceania 188,752 ha
- Northern Europe 182,642 ha
- Southern Africa 170,424 ha
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.