Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Qatar
Qatar: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 2,661 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Qatar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 2,661 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Qatar peaked at 3,240 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1973.
Qatar ranks 157th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Qatar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 460 ha | — |
| 1962 | 730 ha | +58.7% |
| 1963 | 915 ha | +25.3% |
| 1964 | 1,095 ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 1,275 ha | +16.4% |
| 1966 | 1,455 ha | +14.1% |
| 1967 | 1,635 ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 1,815 ha | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 2,050 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 2,270 ha | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 2,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 829 ha | — |
| 1978 | 909 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 1,061 ha | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 971 ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 1,045 ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 881 ha | -15.7% |
| 1983 | 764 ha | -13.3% |
| 1984 | 1,026 ha | +34.3% |
| 1985 | 1,150 ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 1,158 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 1,146 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 1,285 ha | +12.1% |
| 1989 | 1,510 ha | +17.5% |
| 1990 | 1,512 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,768 ha | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 2,175 ha | +23.0% |
| 1993 | 1,906 ha | -12.4% |
| 1994 | 2,124 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 2,586 ha | +21.8% |
| 1996 | 2,674 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 3,240 ha | +21.2% |
| 1998 | 2,687 ha | -17.1% |
| 1999 | 2,938 ha | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 2,790 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 1,805 ha | -35.3% |
| 2002 | 1,720 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 915 ha | -46.8% |
| 2004 | 979 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 1,075 ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 2,060 ha | +91.6% |
| 2007 | 2,435 ha | +18.2% |
| 2008 | 2,162 ha | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 1,987 ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 2,212 ha | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 1,937 ha | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 1,750 ha | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 1,746 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,985 ha | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 1,595 ha | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 1,580 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,654 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 2,311 ha | +39.7% |
| 2019 | 2,467 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 2,836 ha | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 2,621 ha | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 2,292 ha | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 2,773 ha | +21.0% |
| 2024 | 2,661 ha | -4.0% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 2,661 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 32% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 2,661 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 6% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | -100.0% | 2,300 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,264 ha | 460 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 941.9 ha | 0 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,094 ha | 764 ha | 1,510 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,361 ha | 1,512 ha | 3,240 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,793 ha | 915 ha | 2,790 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,924 ha | 1,580 ha | 2,467 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,637 ha | 2,292 ha | 2,836 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Qatar?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Qatar was 2,661 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 3,240 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1973.
- How does Qatar rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Qatar ranks 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.