Vetches — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Vetches — Area harvested was 158 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, vetches — area harvested in Cyprus stood at 158 ha.
The figure is down 59.1% on the previous year and up 68.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 14,047 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 71 ha, in 2001.
Cyprus ranks 37th 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 Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,167 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,040 ha | +18.4% |
| 1963 | 11,639 ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 10,702 ha | -8.1% |
| 1965 | 6,288 ha | -41.2% |
| 1966 | 11,371 ha | +80.8% |
| 1967 | 7,358 ha | -35.3% |
| 1968 | 6,689 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 7,358 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 11,238 ha | +52.7% |
| 1971 | 12,040 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 10,034 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 14,047 ha | +40.0% |
| 1974 | 12,040 ha | -14.3% |
| 1975 | 4,147 ha | -65.6% |
| 1976 | 4,247 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 4,916 ha | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 3,077 ha | -37.4% |
| 1979 | 2,275 ha | -26.1% |
| 1980 | 2,221 ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 1,953 ha | -12.1% |
| 1982 | 2,060 ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 2,227 ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 2,475 ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 1,645 ha | -33.5% |
| 1986 | 709 ha | -56.9% |
| 1987 | 903 ha | +27.4% |
| 1988 | 744 ha | -17.6% |
| 1989 | 468 ha | -37.1% |
| 1990 | 438 ha | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 282 ha | -35.6% |
| 1992 | 360 ha | +27.7% |
| 1993 | 428 ha | +18.9% |
| 1994 | 222 ha | -48.1% |
| 1995 | 242 ha | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 76 ha | -68.6% |
| 1997 | 76 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 72 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 72 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 72 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 71 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 71 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 73 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 82 ha | +12.3% |
| 2005 | 85 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 92 ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 94 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 135 ha | +43.6% |
| 2009 | 216 ha | +60.0% |
| 2010 | 209 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 361 ha | +72.7% |
| 2012 | 278 ha | -23.0% |
| 2013 | 251 ha | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 247 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 228 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 386 ha | +69.3% |
| 2017 | 158 ha | -59.1% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 158 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 717 ha, 22% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 158 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,468 ha, 6% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,290 ha | 6,288 ha | 12,040 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,806 ha | 2,275 ha | 14,047 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,540 ha | 468 ha | 2,475 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 226.8 ha | 72 ha | 438 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 99.1 ha | 71 ha | 216 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 264.75 ha | 158 ha | 386 ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Vetches — area harvested in Cyprus was 158 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 14,047 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 71 ha in 2001.
- How does Cyprus rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 37th out of 43 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.