Vegetables Primary — Production in Western Asia

Western Asia: Vegetables Primary — Production was 42.53 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
42.53 million t
Change on year
up 4.7%
Rank
12th
of 29 groups
All-time high
42.53 million t
in 2024
All-time low
5.82 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

Western Asia recorded 42.53 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Western Asia peaked at 42.53 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.82 million t, in 1961.

Western Asia ranks 12th of 29 groups 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 — Production in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 5.82 million t —
1962 6.08 million t +4.4%
1963 6.49 million t +6.7%
1964 6.80 million t +4.8%
1965 6.96 million t +2.3%
1966 6.93 million t -0.4%
1967 7.41 million t +7.0%
1968 7.32 million t -1.3%
1969 8.02 million t +9.6%
1970 8.71 million t +8.5%
1971 9.25 million t +6.3%
1972 9.65 million t +4.3%
1973 9.25 million t -4.1%
1974 10.11 million t +9.3%
1975 10.74 million t +6.2%
1976 11.42 million t +6.3%
1977 12.00 million t +5.1%
1978 13.15 million t +9.6%
1979 13.37 million t +1.6%
1980 14.25 million t +6.6%
1981 15.06 million t +5.7%
1982 15.87 million t +5.3%
1983 16.04 million t +1.1%
1984 17.31 million t +7.9%
1985 19.31 million t +11.6%
1986 18.73 million t -3.0%
1987 19.18 million t +2.4%
1988 19.74 million t +2.9%
1989 20.62 million t +4.5%
1990 22.09 million t +7.1%
1991 20.90 million t -5.4%
1992 23.28 million t +11.4%
1993 23.23 million t -0.2%
1994 24.74 million t +6.5%
1995 28.14 million t +13.7%
1996 28.16 million t +0.1%
1997 27.23 million t -3.3%
1998 29.89 million t +9.8%
1999 31.69 million t +6.0%
2000 32.23 million t +1.7%
2001 30.96 million t -3.9%
2002 32.67 million t +5.5%
2003 31.95 million t -2.2%
2004 33.60 million t +5.2%
2005 35.07 million t +4.4%
2006 34.41 million t -1.9%
2007 34.70 million t +0.9%
2008 35.90 million t +3.5%
2009 35.56 million t -1.0%
2010 35.34 million t -0.6%
2011 37.30 million t +5.5%
2012 36.06 million t -3.3%
2013 37.12 million t +2.9%
2014 35.90 million t -3.3%
2015 35.45 million t -1.2%
2016 36.09 million t +1.8%
2017 37.04 million t +2.6%
2018 36.48 million t -1.5%
2019 37.51 million t +2.8%
2020 40.18 million t +7.1%
2021 40.92 million t +1.8%
2022 40.18 million t -1.8%
2023 40.63 million t +1.1%
2024 42.53 million t +4.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 6.87 million t 5.82 million t 8.02 million t 9
1970s 10.77 million t 8.71 million t 13.37 million t 10
1980s 17.61 million t 14.25 million t 20.62 million t 10
1990s 25.93 million t 20.90 million t 31.69 million t 10
2000s 33.71 million t 30.96 million t 35.90 million t 10
2010s 36.43 million t 35.34 million t 37.51 million t 10
2020s 40.89 million t 40.18 million t 42.53 million t 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 9 Indonesia 13.19 million t compare
  2. 9 United Republic of Tanzania 2.96 million t compare
  3. 10 Spain 12.71 million t compare
  4. 10 Syrian Arab Republic 2.04 million t compare
  5. 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.56 million t compare
  6. 11 Uzbekistan 11.54 million t compare
  7. 12 Italy 10.64 million t compare
  8. 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29 million t compare
  9. 13 Japan 9.83 million t compare
  10. 13 Melanesia 724,306 t compare
  11. 14 Brazil 9.31 million t compare
  12. 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 602,503 t compare
  13. 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 478,076 t compare
  14. 15 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in Western Asia?
Vegetables primary — production in Western Asia was 42.53 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 42.53 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 5.82 million t in 1961.
How does Western Asia rank for vegetables primary — production?
Western Asia ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
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 — 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.