Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 315,828 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 315,828 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 316,125 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28,890 ha, in 1965.
Algeria ranks 24th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,830 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,700 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 32,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 34,220 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 28,890 ha | -15.6% |
| 1966 | 32,110 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 32,880 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 36,890 ha | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 37,630 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 46,140 ha | +22.6% |
| 1971 | 54,390 ha | +17.9% |
| 1972 | 60,250 ha | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 69,150 ha | +14.8% |
| 1974 | 72,370 ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 85,680 ha | +18.4% |
| 1976 | 90,990 ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 99,690 ha | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 102,020 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 110,130 ha | +7.9% |
| 1980 | 115,170 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 133,280 ha | +15.7% |
| 1982 | 119,905 ha | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 130,908 ha | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 148,140 ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 175,735 ha | +18.6% |
| 1986 | 175,745 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 185,915 ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 180,175 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 188,575 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 173,034 ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 204,818 ha | +18.4% |
| 1992 | 204,909 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 206,879 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 206,370 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 211,641 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 204,331 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 205,772 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 203,343 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 218,543 ha | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 180,684 ha | -17.3% |
| 2001 | 187,444 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 196,845 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 209,445 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 220,633 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 233,531 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 238,817 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 231,018 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 224,657 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 240,174 ha | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 257,996 ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 266,626 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 275,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 287,375 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 279,701 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 291,120 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 295,858 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 295,737 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 299,308 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 304,361 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 314,990 ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 301,200 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 306,249 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 316,125 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 315,828 ha | -0.1% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 315,828 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 7.5× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 315,828 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 7.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,194 ha | 28,890 ha | 37,630 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,081 ha | 46,140 ha | 110,130 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 155,355 ha | 115,170 ha | 188,575 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 203,964 ha | 173,034 ha | 218,543 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 216,325 ha | 180,684 ha | 240,174 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 285,308 ha | 257,996 ha | 304,361 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 310,878 ha | 301,200 ha | 316,125 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Algeria?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Algeria was 315,828 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 316,125 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,890 ha in 1965.
- How does Algeria rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.