Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 17,953 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 17,953 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 22,025 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3,500 ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 109th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1964 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 3,600 ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 4,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1984 | 5,600 ha | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 6,100 ha | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 6,900 ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 7,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 9,900 ha | +23.8% |
| 1991 | 10,173 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 7,225 ha | -29.0% |
| 1993 | 10,277 ha | +42.2% |
| 1994 | 9,300 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 10,361 ha | +11.4% |
| 1996 | 10,486 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 9,300 ha | -11.3% |
| 1998 | 10,551 ha | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 10,809 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 10,980 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 11,680 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 21,881 ha | +87.3% |
| 2003 | 15,853 ha | -27.5% |
| 2004 | 16,734 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 18,383 ha | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 18,730 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 19,920 ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 20,470 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 20,518 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 22,025 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 16,901 ha | -23.3% |
| 2012 | 16,378 ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 16,017 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 15,705 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 16,075 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 15,348 ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 15,164 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 15,197 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 15,092 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 13,123 ha | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 14,177 ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 18,878 ha | +33.2% |
| 2023 | 16,051 ha | -15.0% |
| 2024 | 17,953 ha | +11.8% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 17,953 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 15% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 17,953 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 29% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +87.3% | 11,680 ha | 21,881 ha |
| 1993 | +42.2% | 7,225 ha | 10,277 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,889 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,330 ha | 3,600 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,920 ha | 3,800 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,838 ha | 7,225 ha | 10,809 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,515 ha | 10,980 ha | 21,881 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,390 ha | 15,092 ha | 22,025 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,036 ha | 13,123 ha | 18,878 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0707 % 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 0.0576 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0018 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0034 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 2.25 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Somalia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Somalia was 17,953 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,025 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 109th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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.