Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Iceland
Iceland: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 123 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Iceland, 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 Iceland is 123 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 119.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Iceland peaked at 128 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22 ha, in 1970.
That places Iceland 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Iceland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 23 ha | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 22 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 29 ha | +16.0% |
| 1977 | 31 ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 33 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 30 ha | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 36 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 41 ha | +13.9% |
| 1987 | 39 ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 42 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 47 ha | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 46 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 40 ha | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 51 ha | +45.7% |
| 1994 | 50 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 46 ha | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 55 ha | +19.6% |
| 1997 | 48 ha | -12.7% |
| 1998 | 54 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 53 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 55 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 57 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 49 ha | -14.0% |
| 2003 | 73 ha | +49.0% |
| 2004 | 80 ha | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 51 ha | -36.2% |
| 2006 | 50 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 52 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 54 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 55 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 53 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 59 ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 70 ha | +18.6% |
| 2013 | 44 ha | -37.1% |
| 2014 | 56 ha | +27.3% |
| 2015 | 57 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 57 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 58 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 44 ha | -24.1% |
| 2019 | 68 ha | +54.5% |
| 2020 | 77 ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 76 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 78 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 128 ha | +64.1% |
| 2024 | 123 ha | -3.9% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 123 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 1% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 123 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 0% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Iceland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +64.1% | 78 ha | 128 ha |
| 2019 | +54.5% | 44 ha | 68 ha |
| 2003 | +49.0% | 49 ha | 73 ha |
| 1993 | +45.7% | 35 ha | 51 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.89 ha | 23 ha | 25 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26.2 ha | 22 ha | 33 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.4 ha | 35 ha | 47 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.8 ha | 35 ha | 55 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.6 ha | 49 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.6 ha | 44 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.4 ha | 76 ha | 128 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 184 French Polynesia 255 ha compare
- 185 Cook Islands 176 ha compare
- 186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 162 ha compare
- 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 108 ha compare
- 189 Tuvalu 84 ha compare
- 190 Niue 22 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Iceland?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Iceland was 123 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 128 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 ha in 1970.
- How does Iceland rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Iceland ranks 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.