Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1.24 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 1.24 million ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 1.52 million ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 548,294 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 11th out of 41 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 632,927 ha | 548,294 ha | 704,131 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 822,117 ha | 734,845 ha | 912,884 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 million ha | 967,282 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.29 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.44 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.33 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,591 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 2.72 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Western Asia was 1.24 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 million ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 548,294 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 11th out of 41 regions with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.