Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 35,753 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Albania, 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 Albania is 35,753 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Albania peaked at 35,753 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,500 ha, in 1961.
Albania ranks 95th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,500 ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 13,500 ha | +17.4% |
| 1964 | 14,500 ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 14,352 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 11,561 ha | -19.4% |
| 1967 | 11,905 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 12,854 ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 17,230 ha | +34.0% |
| 1970 | 17,660 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 17,316 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 16,900 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 17,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 18,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 16,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1976 | 19,500 ha | +21.9% |
| 1977 | 20,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 21,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 24,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 23,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 23,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 23,500 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 23,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 22,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21,280 ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 19,260 ha | -9.5% |
| 1992 | 26,360 ha | +36.9% |
| 1993 | 28,020 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 26,965 ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 22,715 ha | -15.8% |
| 1996 | 21,045 ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 21,560 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 22,667 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 19,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 2000 | 19,687 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 20,329 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 20,090 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 24,015 ha | +19.5% |
| 2004 | 23,310 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 24,690 ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 21,822 ha | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 20,801 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 23,463 ha | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 23,198 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 29,395 ha | +26.7% |
| 2011 | 31,505 ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 32,698 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 30,652 ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 29,957 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 29,524 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 30,560 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 30,491 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 31,743 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 33,415 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 34,622 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 34,567 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 35,322 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 34,647 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 35,753 ha | +3.2% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 35,753 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 85% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Albania's 35,753 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +36.9% | 19,260 ha | 26,360 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,100 ha | 10,500 ha | 17,230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,678 ha | 16,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,270 ha | 22,000 ha | 24,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,887 ha | 19,000 ha | 28,020 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,140 ha | 19,687 ha | 24,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,994 ha | 29,395 ha | 33,415 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,982 ha | 34,567 ha | 35,753 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Albania?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Albania was 35,753 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 35,753 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Albania rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 95th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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.