Vegetables Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Vegetables Primary — Production was 107.44 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
107.44 million t
Change on year
up 3.0%
Rank
4th
of 29 groups
All-time high
107.44 million t
in 2024
All-time low
12.45 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024

20.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, vegetables primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 107.44 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 107.44 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.45 million t, in 1961.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Vegetables Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 12.45 million t —
1962 13.02 million t +4.6%
1963 13.56 million t +4.2%
1964 14.29 million t +5.4%
1965 14.56 million t +1.9%
1966 15.40 million t +5.8%
1967 15.60 million t +1.3%
1968 16.40 million t +5.1%
1969 16.60 million t +1.2%
1970 17.01 million t +2.5%
1971 17.72 million t +4.1%
1972 17.54 million t -1.0%
1973 17.92 million t +2.2%
1974 19.20 million t +7.2%
1975 20.28 million t +5.6%
1976 20.67 million t +1.9%
1977 20.74 million t +0.4%
1978 21.29 million t +2.7%
1979 22.31 million t +4.8%
1980 22.73 million t +1.9%
1981 23.50 million t +3.4%
1982 24.01 million t +2.2%
1983 25.10 million t +4.5%
1984 25.93 million t +3.3%
1985 27.28 million t +5.2%
1986 29.45 million t +8.0%
1987 31.04 million t +5.4%
1988 30.74 million t -1.0%
1989 30.49 million t -0.8%
1990 32.11 million t +5.3%
1991 34.23 million t +6.6%
1992 36.26 million t +5.9%
1993 36.25 million t -0.0%
1994 37.69 million t +4.0%
1995 38.79 million t +2.9%
1996 42.10 million t +8.5%
1997 42.94 million t +2.0%
1998 45.39 million t +5.7%
1999 48.28 million t +6.4%
2000 51.40 million t +6.5%
2001 51.78 million t +0.7%
2002 54.84 million t +5.9%
2003 57.69 million t +5.2%
2004 60.24 million t +4.4%
2005 63.14 million t +4.8%
2006 65.35 million t +3.5%
2007 67.09 million t +2.7%
2008 69.88 million t +4.2%
2009 72.60 million t +3.9%
2010 74.15 million t +2.1%
2011 75.28 million t +1.5%
2012 77.13 million t +2.5%
2013 77.90 million t +1.0%
2014 82.28 million t +5.6%
2015 87.71 million t +6.6%
2016 88.35 million t +0.7%
2017 89.43 million t +1.2%
2018 91.79 million t +2.6%
2019 93.86 million t +2.3%
2020 95.55 million t +1.8%
2021 98.71 million t +3.3%
2022 101.83 million t +3.2%
2023 104.35 million t +2.5%
2024 107.44 million t +3.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 14.65 million t 12.45 million t 16.60 million t 9
1970s 19.47 million t 17.01 million t 22.31 million t 10
1980s 27.03 million t 22.73 million t 31.04 million t 10
1990s 39.40 million t 32.11 million t 48.28 million t 10
2000s 61.40 million t 51.40 million t 72.60 million t 10
2010s 83.79 million t 74.15 million t 93.86 million t 10
2020s 101.58 million t 95.55 million t 107.44 million t 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 1 China 603.55 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 601.28 million t compare
  3. 3 India 146.00 million t compare
  4. 3 Türkiye 28.90 million t compare
  5. 4 USSR 26.31 million t compare
  6. 4 Viet Nam 18.25 million t compare
  7. 5 Egypt 19.06 million t compare
  8. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.47 million t compare
  9. 6 Nigeria 16.33 million t compare
  10. 7 Mexico 15.45 million t compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Vegetables primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 107.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 107.44 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 12.45 million t in 1961.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for vegetables primary — production?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
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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.