Vetches — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Vetches — Area harvested was 142,843 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vetches — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 142,843 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 208,374 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 27,700 ha, in 1984.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 35,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 33,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 35,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 38,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 32,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 29,400 ha | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 31,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 50,200 ha | +59.4% |
| 1978 | 49,300 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 57,500 ha | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 74,930 ha | +30.3% |
| 1981 | 37,390 ha | -50.1% |
| 1982 | 32,290 ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 32,310 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 27,700 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 41,470 ha | +49.7% |
| 1986 | 65,460 ha | +57.8% |
| 1987 | 41,060 ha | -37.3% |
| 1988 | 61,420 ha | +49.6% |
| 1989 | 58,650 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 50,190 ha | -14.4% |
| 1991 | 65,080 ha | +29.7% |
| 1992 | 75,750 ha | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 78,510 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 97,670 ha | +24.4% |
| 1995 | 95,330 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 88,680 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 90,970 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 104,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 105,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 119,540 ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 122,823 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 92,789 ha | -24.5% |
| 2003 | 91,317 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 90,878 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 122,925 ha | +35.3% |
| 2006 | 127,997 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 127,782 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 147,401 ha | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 139,349 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 135,066 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 183,773 ha | +36.1% |
| 2012 | 208,374 ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 172,541 ha | -17.2% |
| 2014 | 140,249 ha | -18.7% |
| 2015 | 162,233 ha | +15.7% |
| 2016 | 154,320 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 146,223 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 133,582 ha | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 148,613 ha | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 146,932 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 151,604 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 160,682 ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 146,832 ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 142,843 ha | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,444 ha | 30,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,590 ha | 29,400 ha | 57,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,268 ha | 27,700 ha | 74,930 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,123 ha | 50,190 ha | 105,050 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,280 ha | 90,878 ha | 147,401 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 158,497 ha | 133,582 ha | 208,374 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 149,779 ha | 142,843 ha | 160,682 ha | 5 |
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Vetches — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 142,843 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 208,374 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,700 ha in 1984.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.