Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 2,084 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 2,084 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 163.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Vanuatu peaked at 2,084 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
That places Vanuatu 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 345 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 360 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 390 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 425 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 430 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 445 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 470 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 485 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 480 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 487 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 532 ha | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 537 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 541 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 541 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 547 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 600 ha | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 620 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 650 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 660 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 662 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 669 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 680 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 690 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 700 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 711 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 720 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 750 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 736 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 745 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 753 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 762 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 750 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 779 ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 791 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 801 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 813 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 826 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 838 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 850 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 861 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 865 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,084 ha | +140.9% |
| 2023 | 2,084 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,084 ha | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 2,084 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 4% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 2,084 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20,233 ha, 10% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Vanuatu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +140.9% | 865 ha | 2,084 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240 ha | 200 ha | 280 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 351.5 ha | 290 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 464.5 ha | 425 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 571.5 ha | 487 ha | 660 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 706.3 ha | 662 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 796.3 ha | 750 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,596 ha | 861 ha | 2,084 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Vanuatu?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Vanuatu was 2,084 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 2,084 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Vanuatu rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Vanuatu ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 163.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.