Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 67,863 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Israel stood at 67,863 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Israel peaked at 99,096 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16,232 ha, in 1963.
That places Israel 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,817 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,243 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 16,232 ha | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 16,820 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 17,669 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 19,347 ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 19,702 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 19,745 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 20,455 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 21,030 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 23,655 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 23,590 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 24,320 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 23,045 ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 22,710 ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 21,420 ha | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 21,952 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 23,955 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 22,608 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 23,285 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 19,937 ha | -14.4% |
| 1982 | 22,110 ha | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 23,068 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 20,981 ha | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 25,840 ha | +23.2% |
| 1986 | 26,036 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 26,730 ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 28,744 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 32,166 ha | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 35,751 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 34,442 ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 32,611 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 33,635 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 37,635 ha | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 38,748 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 36,736 ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 34,314 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 36,591 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 41,611 ha | +13.7% |
| 2000 | 41,443 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 39,675 ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 42,849 ha | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 55,990 ha | +30.7% |
| 2004 | 51,537 ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 47,747 ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 54,134 ha | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 54,352 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 57,157 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 52,925 ha | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 52,364 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 66,012 ha | +26.1% |
| 2012 | 71,903 ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 86,805 ha | +20.7% |
| 2014 | 90,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 81,348 ha | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 73,304 ha | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 72,583 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 78,663 ha | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 88,687 ha | +12.7% |
| 2020 | 99,096 ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 78,359 ha | -20.9% |
| 2022 | 69,386 ha | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 67,975 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 67,863 ha | -0.2% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 67,863 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 8.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Israel's 67,863 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 1.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,226 ha | 16,232 ha | 20,455 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,828 ha | 21,030 ha | 24,320 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,890 ha | 19,937 ha | 32,166 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,207 ha | 32,611 ha | 41,611 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,781 ha | 39,675 ha | 57,157 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,237 ha | 52,364 ha | 90,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,536 ha | 67,863 ha | 99,096 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Israel?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Israel was 67,863 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 99,096 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,232 ha in 1963.
- How does Israel rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.