Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 13,925 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 13,925 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 15,000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10,408 ha, in 2002.
Eritrea ranks 116th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 12,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 13,548 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 12,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 11,458 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 10,408 ha | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 11,743 ha | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 11,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 12,054 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 12,549 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 13,033 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 13,260 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 13,471 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 13,668 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 15,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 13,987 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 14,220 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 14,454 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 14,441 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 14,384 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 14,326 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 14,275 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 14,247 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 14,104 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 14,042 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 13,982 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 13,925 ha | -0.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 13,925 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 12% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 13,925 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 23% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,793 ha | 12,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 11,900 ha | 10,408 ha | 13,260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,223 ha | 13,471 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,060 ha | 13,925 ha | 14,247 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Eritrea was 13,925 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,408 ha in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.