Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 117,666 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Afghanistan is 117,666 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 159,315 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 42,600 ha, in 1989.
That places Afghanistan 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 68,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 73,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 79,700 ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 78,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 70,400 ha | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 62,200 ha | -11.6% |
| 1969 | 62,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 62,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 62,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 63,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 62,200 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 63,900 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 61,200 ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 98,400 ha | +60.8% |
| 1977 | 61,600 ha | -37.4% |
| 1978 | 61,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 60,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 57,900 ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 56,600 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 58,200 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 56,300 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 53,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 52,100 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 46,100 ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 46,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 45,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 42,600 ha | -7.2% |
| 1990 | 44,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 84,910 ha | +91.7% |
| 1992 | 84,464 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 85,596 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 86,703 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 87,787 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 88,844 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 89,876 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 90,879 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 91,854 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 89,300 ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 87,964 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 87,426 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 85,714 ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 80,953 ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 115,968 ha | +43.3% |
| 2006 | 95,372 ha | -17.8% |
| 2007 | 93,742 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 92,461 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 95,328 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 90,885 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 74,006 ha | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 79,938 ha | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 78,821 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 99,962 ha | +26.8% |
| 2015 | 103,546 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 159,315 ha | +53.9% |
| 2017 | 95,976 ha | -39.8% |
| 2018 | 92,004 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 59,904 ha | -34.9% |
| 2020 | 85,002 ha | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 114,544 ha | +34.8% |
| 2022 | 116,265 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 116,255 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 117,666 ha | +1.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 117,666 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 117,666 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 2.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +91.7% | 44,300 ha | 84,910 ha |
| 1976 | +60.8% | 61,200 ha | 98,400 ha |
| 2016 | +53.9% | 103,546 ha | 159,315 ha |
| 2005 | +43.3% | 80,953 ha | 115,968 ha |
| 2020 | +41.9% | 59,904 ha | 85,002 ha |
| 2017 | -39.8% | 159,315 ha | 95,976 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,378 ha | 62,200 ha | 79,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,710 ha | 60,400 ha | 98,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,550 ha | 42,600 ha | 58,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,521 ha | 44,300 ha | 91,854 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 92,423 ha | 80,953 ha | 115,968 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,436 ha | 59,904 ha | 159,315 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 109,946 ha | 85,002 ha | 117,666 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1847 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2358 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8814 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Afghanistan was 117,666 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 159,315 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,600 ha in 1989.
- How does Afghanistan rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.