Vegetables Primary — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Vegetables Primary — Production was 58.95 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 58.95 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 58.95 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.18 million t, in 1961.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.18 million t | — |
| 1962 | 6.37 million t | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 6.56 million t | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 6.77 million t | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 6.91 million t | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 7.22 million t | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 7.63 million t | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 7.85 million t | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 7.92 million t | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 8.23 million t | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 8.44 million t | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 8.29 million t | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 8.44 million t | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 8.61 million t | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 9.01 million t | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 9.26 million t | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 9.42 million t | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 9.60 million t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 9.89 million t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 10.05 million t | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 10.45 million t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 10.79 million t | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 11.21 million t | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 11.40 million t | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 11.68 million t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 12.12 million t | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 12.51 million t | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 12.85 million t | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 12.99 million t | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 13.35 million t | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 15.18 million t | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 15.41 million t | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 15.78 million t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 16.19 million t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 16.50 million t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 17.12 million t | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 17.62 million t | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 18.48 million t | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 19.32 million t | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 20.29 million t | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 21.14 million t | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 22.25 million t | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 22.71 million t | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 23.97 million t | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 25.41 million t | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 26.16 million t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 27.47 million t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 28.80 million t | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 30.21 million t | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 32.48 million t | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 33.57 million t | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 34.82 million t | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 36.51 million t | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 39.77 million t | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 44.75 million t | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 46.67 million t | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 47.53 million t | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 49.06 million t | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 50.86 million t | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 52.72 million t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 53.87 million t | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 56.40 million t | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 57.83 million t | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 58.95 million t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.04 million t | 6.18 million t | 7.92 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.92 million t | 8.23 million t | 9.89 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.60 million t | 10.05 million t | 12.99 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.49 million t | 13.35 million t | 19.32 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.84 million t | 20.29 million t | 30.21 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.60 million t | 32.48 million t | 50.86 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.95 million t | 52.72 million t | 58.95 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Vegetables primary — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 58.95 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 58.95 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.18 million t in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Production. 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.