Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 24,354 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 24,354 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 24,660 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 11,450 ha, in 1961.
That places Liberia 104th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 11,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 11,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 12,040 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 12,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 12,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 12,490 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 12,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 12,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 13,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 13,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 13,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 13,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 14,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 14,330 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 14,430 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 14,530 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 15,260 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 16,100 ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 16,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 17,300 ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 17,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 17,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 17,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 17,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15,879 ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 17,656 ha | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 17,894 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 18,128 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 18,399 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 18,494 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 18,618 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 18,710 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 18,679 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 18,727 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 18,819 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 18,888 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 18,897 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17,907 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 18,341 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 18,785 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 19,160 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 20,150 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 20,760 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 21,411 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 22,055 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 22,806 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 22,365 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 22,837 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 23,708 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 24,660 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 24,071 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 24,163 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 24,033 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 23,992 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 24,033 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 24,255 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 24,282 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 24,317 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 24,354 ha | +0.2% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 24,354 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 21% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 24,354 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 40% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,677 ha | 11,450 ha | 12,150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,302 ha | 12,300 ha | 14,330 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,322 ha | 14,430 ha | 17,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,118 ha | 15,879 ha | 18,727 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,312 ha | 17,907 ha | 21,411 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,469 ha | 22,055 ha | 24,660 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,248 ha | 24,033 ha | 24,354 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1221 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1671 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3378 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Liberia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Liberia was 24,354 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,660 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,450 ha in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 104th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.