Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 426,309 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 426,309 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 460,284 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 103,757 ha, in 1970.
That places Pakistan 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 122,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 120,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 125,700 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 122,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 111,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1966 | 124,600 ha | +12.3% |
| 1967 | 113,030 ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 130,300 ha | +15.3% |
| 1969 | 115,158 ha | -11.6% |
| 1970 | 103,757 ha | -9.9% |
| 1971 | 113,226 ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 122,503 ha | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 118,848 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 132,371 ha | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 137,331 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 128,139 ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 117,987 ha | -7.9% |
| 1978 | 129,475 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 143,576 ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 128,750 ha | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 134,297 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 133,685 ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 148,964 ha | +11.4% |
| 1984 | 155,115 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 161,196 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 172,567 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 190,752 ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 198,787 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 206,841 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 211,226 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 229,308 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 238,819 ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 238,297 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 260,169 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 272,501 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 285,707 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 294,330 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 298,487 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 305,424 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 326,695 ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 322,639 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 321,194 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 328,320 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 338,638 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 362,524 ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 390,630 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 374,379 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 403,498 ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 382,773 ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 366,982 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 393,313 ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 380,148 ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 376,954 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 394,584 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 398,993 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 402,420 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 404,335 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 416,828 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 407,176 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 410,393 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 460,284 ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 420,474 ha | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 425,776 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 426,309 ha | +0.1% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 426,309 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 7.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 426,309 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 9.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 120,576 ha | 111,000 ha | 130,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 124,721 ha | 103,757 ha | 143,576 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 163,095 ha | 128,750 ha | 206,841 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 263,427 ha | 211,226 ha | 305,424 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 355,129 ha | 321,194 ha | 403,498 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 394,173 ha | 366,982 ha | 416,828 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 428,647 ha | 410,393 ha | 460,284 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,238 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia 592,759 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,859 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 462,245 ha compare
- 14 Guinea 445,689 ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64,997 ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 64,242 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 39,265 ha compare
- 16 Ukraine 386,779 ha compare
- 17 Myanmar 380,654 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 17,870 ha compare
- 18 Japan 361,476 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,859 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Pakistan was 426,309 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 460,284 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,757 ha in 1970.
- How does Pakistan rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.