Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 6,195 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates is 6,195 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.4% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 30,280 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 138th 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 United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 233 ha | +16.5% |
| 1967 | 284 ha | +21.9% |
| 1968 | 298 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 507 ha | +70.1% |
| 1970 | 740 ha | +46.0% |
| 1971 | 796 ha | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 799 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 927 ha | +16.0% |
| 1974 | 1,543 ha | +66.5% |
| 1975 | 1,393 ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 1,449 ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 1,572 ha | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 2,746 ha | +74.7% |
| 1979 | 3,733 ha | +35.9% |
| 1980 | 3,255 ha | -12.8% |
| 1981 | 4,447 ha | +36.6% |
| 1982 | 6,230 ha | +40.1% |
| 1983 | 8,896 ha | +42.8% |
| 1984 | 6,780 ha | -23.8% |
| 1985 | 6,694 ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 6,448 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 6,373 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 5,801 ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 7,045 ha | +21.4% |
| 1990 | 7,030 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 10,120 ha | +44.0% |
| 1992 | 14,312 ha | +41.4% |
| 1993 | 15,330 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 13,964 ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 15,055 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 15,195 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 16,787 ha | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 19,753 ha | +17.7% |
| 1999 | 29,120 ha | +47.4% |
| 2000 | 30,280 ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 9,623 ha | -68.2% |
| 2002 | 10,187 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 7,577 ha | -25.6% |
| 2004 | 10,205 ha | +34.7% |
| 2005 | 13,087 ha | +28.2% |
| 2006 | 5,865 ha | -55.2% |
| 2007 | 5,629 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 7,150 ha | +27.0% |
| 2009 | 6,647 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 7,198 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 7,348 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 7,604 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 7,254 ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 8,596 ha | +18.5% |
| 2015 | 5,420 ha | -36.9% |
| 2016 | 4,947 ha | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 6,185 ha | +25.0% |
| 2018 | 5,533 ha | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 5,783 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 5,849 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 6,005 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 5,811 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 5,563 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 6,195 ha | +11.4% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 6,195 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 74% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 6,195 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 14% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 258 ha | 200 ha | 507 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,570 ha | 740 ha | 3,733 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,197 ha | 3,255 ha | 8,896 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,667 ha | 7,030 ha | 29,120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,625 ha | 5,629 ha | 30,280 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,587 ha | 4,947 ha | 8,596 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,885 ha | 5,563 ha | 6,195 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0086 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.5232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0347 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 6,195 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 30,280 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 138th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.