Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1,690 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Cyprus stood at 1,690 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 6,174 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 1,550 ha, in 2019.
That places Cyprus 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,963 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,521 ha | +14.1% |
| 1963 | 5,288 ha | +17.0% |
| 1964 | 4,676 ha | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 4,472 ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 4,802 ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 5,083 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 5,342 ha | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 5,388 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 5,551 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 6,059 ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 6,158 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 6,174 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 5,757 ha | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 4,008 ha | -30.4% |
| 1976 | 4,882 ha | +21.8% |
| 1977 | 5,237 ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 3,638 ha | -30.5% |
| 1979 | 3,964 ha | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 3,429 ha | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 3,394 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 3,460 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 3,540 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 3,576 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,944 ha | -17.7% |
| 1986 | 2,887 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 3,054 ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 2,906 ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 2,949 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 3,035 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 2,972 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 2,828 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 2,765 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 2,899 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 3,155 ha | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 3,158 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 3,099 ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 2,948 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 3,066 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 3,220 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 3,208 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 3,187 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 3,196 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,970 ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 2,902 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 3,216 ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 2,922 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 2,441 ha | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 2,188 ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 2,015 ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 2,049 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 2,134 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 2,215 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 2,120 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 2,229 ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 2,258 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 2,163 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 1,660 ha | -23.3% |
| 2019 | 1,550 ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 1,650 ha | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 1,600 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,670 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 1,630 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 1,690 ha | +3.7% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 1,690 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 20% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 1,690 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 6% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,837 ha | 3,963 ha | 5,388 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,143 ha | 3,638 ha | 6,174 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,214 ha | 2,887 ha | 3,576 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,992 ha | 2,765 ha | 3,158 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,945 ha | 2,188 ha | 3,220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,039 ha | 1,550 ha | 2,258 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,648 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,690 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Cyprus was 1,690 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 6,174 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,550 ha in 2019.
- How does Cyprus rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.