Vegetables Primary — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 11,371 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Afghanistan is 11,371 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 14,078 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 4,240 kg/ha, in 1961.
Afghanistan ranks 122nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,240 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,458 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 4,725 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 4,653 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 4,486 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1966 | 4,601 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 5,554 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1968 | 6,449 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1969 | 6,551 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 6,128 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 7,137 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1972 | 6,292 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 6,560 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 6,383 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 6,735 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 4,265 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1977 | 5,781 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1978 | 6,420 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 6,628 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 6,727 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,892 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 6,919 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 7,066 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 7,155 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 7,146 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 7,250 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 7,525 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 7,477 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 7,559 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 8,524 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 14,078 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1992 | 13,881 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 13,618 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 13,365 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 13,350 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 13,115 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 12,888 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 12,671 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 12,462 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 12,415 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 12,434 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 12,388 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 12,429 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 13,226 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 10,726 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2006 | 10,873 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 11,096 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 10,917 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 10,727 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 10,670 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 10,309 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 10,230 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 10,026 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 9,741 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 9,739 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 9,205 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 9,629 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 9,844 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 12,195 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2020 | 10,827 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 11,277 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 11,216 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 11,305 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 11,371 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 11,371 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,639 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 11,371 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,100 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +65.2% | 8,524 kg/ha | 14,078 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -36.7% | 6,735 kg/ha | 4,265 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +35.5% | 4,265 kg/ha | 5,781 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,080 kg/ha | 4,240 kg/ha | 6,551 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,233 kg/ha | 4,265 kg/ha | 7,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,172 kg/ha | 6,727 kg/ha | 7,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,795 kg/ha | 8,524 kg/ha | 14,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,723 kg/ha | 10,726 kg/ha | 13,226 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,159 kg/ha | 9,205 kg/ha | 12,195 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,199 kg/ha | 10,827 kg/ha | 11,371 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Afghanistan?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Afghanistan was 11,371 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 14,078 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,240 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.