Vetches — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Vetches — Area harvested was 153 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vetches — area harvested in Algeria is 153 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 4,450 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 25 ha, in 2004.
Algeria ranks 38th of 43 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,180 ha | +18.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | -15.3% |
| 1966 | 180 ha | -82.0% |
| 1967 | 990 ha | +450.0% |
| 1968 | 870 ha | -12.1% |
| 1969 | 1,940 ha | +123.0% |
| 1970 | 2,740 ha | +41.2% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | -19.7% |
| 1972 | 2,490 ha | +13.2% |
| 1973 | 2,750 ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 2,210 ha | -19.6% |
| 1975 | 2,140 ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 1,980 ha | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 2,180 ha | +10.1% |
| 1978 | 2,410 ha | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 3,750 ha | +55.6% |
| 1980 | 4,310 ha | +14.9% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | -30.4% |
| 1982 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 4,390 ha | +56.8% |
| 1984 | 4,450 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 2,010 ha | -54.8% |
| 1986 | 940 ha | -53.2% |
| 1987 | 670 ha | -28.7% |
| 1988 | 3,420 ha | +410.4% |
| 1989 | 510 ha | -85.1% |
| 1990 | 450 ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 190 ha | -57.8% |
| 1992 | 250 ha | +31.6% |
| 1993 | 290 ha | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 510 ha | +75.9% |
| 1995 | 360 ha | -29.4% |
| 1996 | 690 ha | +91.7% |
| 1997 | 340 ha | -50.7% |
| 1998 | 540 ha | +58.8% |
| 1999 | 620 ha | +14.8% |
| 2000 | 270 ha | -56.5% |
| 2001 | 60 ha | -77.8% |
| 2002 | 40 ha | -33.3% |
| 2003 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 25 ha | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 215 ha | +760.0% |
| 2006 | 206 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 140 ha | -32.0% |
| 2008 | 163 ha | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 169 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 183 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 177 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 170 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 163 ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 152 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 155 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 156 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 154 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 155 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 150 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 153 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 153 ha | +0.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 153 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,475 ha, 6% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 153 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 626 ha, 24% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vetches — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +760.0% | 25 ha | 215 ha |
| 1967 | +450.0% | 180 ha | 990 ha |
| 1988 | +410.4% | 670 ha | 3,420 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,018 ha | 180 ha | 1,940 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,485 ha | 1,980 ha | 3,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,650 ha | 510 ha | 4,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 424 ha | 190 ha | 690 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 131.8 ha | 25 ha | 270 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 162 ha | 152 ha | 183 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 153.2 ha | 150 ha | 155 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Algeria?
- Vetches — area harvested in Algeria was 153 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 4,450 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 ha in 2004.
- How does Algeria rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 38th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vetches — 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.