Vetches — Area harvested in Western Asia

Western Asia: Vetches — Area harvested was 37,899 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
37,899 ha
Change on year
up 31.6%
Rank
10th
of 17 groups
All-time high
330,256 ha
in 1995
All-time low
21,485 ha
in 2018
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vetches — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for vetches — area harvested in Western Asia is 37,899 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 31.6% on the previous year and down 53.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 330,256 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 21,485 ha, in 2018.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Vetches — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Vetches — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 302,572 ha
1962 320,710 ha +6.0%
1963 304,699 ha -5.0%
1964 303,651 ha -0.3%
1965 312,428 ha +2.9%
1966 289,751 ha -7.3%
1967 280,969 ha -3.0%
1968 269,892 ha -3.9%
1969 271,423 ha +0.6%
1970 259,736 ha -4.3%
1971 261,996 ha +0.9%
1972 256,291 ha -2.2%
1973 262,453 ha +2.4%
1974 262,797 ha +0.1%
1975 237,074 ha -9.8%
1976 259,213 ha +9.3%
1977 268,100 ha +3.4%
1978 246,418 ha -8.1%
1979 216,104 ha -12.3%
1980 218,583 ha +1.1%
1981 214,236 ha -2.0%
1982 236,332 ha +10.3%
1983 278,827 ha +18.0%
1984 272,216 ha -2.4%
1985 296,620 ha +9.0%
1986 283,463 ha -4.4%
1987 302,204 ha +6.6%
1988 328,515 ha +8.7%
1989 318,981 ha -2.9%
1990 322,340 ha +1.1%
1991 305,907 ha -5.1%
1992 319,379 ha +4.4%
1993 323,315 ha +1.2%
1994 320,751 ha -0.8%
1995 330,256 ha +3.0%
1996 305,307 ha -7.6%
1997 306,387 ha +0.4%
1998 306,494 ha +0.0%
1999 280,051 ha -8.6%
2000 276,983 ha -1.1%
2001 301,892 ha +9.0%
2002 292,794 ha -3.0%
2003 300,125 ha +2.5%
2004 145,624 ha -51.5%
2005 148,639 ha +2.1%
2006 188,910 ha +27.1%
2007 152,026 ha -19.5%
2008 144,326 ha -5.1%
2009 147,816 ha +2.4%
2010 123,578 ha -16.4%
2011 116,658 ha -5.6%
2012 122,980 ha +5.4%
2013 115,127 ha -6.4%
2014 81,080 ha -29.6%
2015 79,540 ha -1.9%
2016 78,094 ha -1.8%
2017 62,473 ha -20.0%
2018 21,485 ha -65.6%
2019 22,360 ha +4.1%
2020 25,062 ha +12.1%
2021 27,377 ha +9.2%
2022 24,084 ha -12.0%
2023 28,809 ha +19.6%
2024 37,899 ha +31.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 295,122 ha 269,892 ha 320,710 ha 9
1970s 253,018 ha 216,104 ha 268,100 ha 10
1980s 274,998 ha 214,236 ha 328,515 ha 10
1990s 312,019 ha 280,051 ha 330,256 ha 10
2000s 209,914 ha 144,326 ha 301,892 ha 10
2010s 82,338 ha 21,485 ha 123,578 ha 10
2020s 28,646 ha 24,084 ha 37,899 ha 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 8 Greece 31,977 ha compare
  2. 9 Belarus 11,325 ha compare
  3. 10 Yugoslav SFR 10,500 ha compare
  4. 11 Serbia 8,746 ha compare
  5. 12 Sweden 8,546 ha compare
  6. 13 Bulgaria 8,455 ha compare

See the full ranking of 65 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is vetches — area harvested in Western Asia?
Vetches — area harvested in Western Asia was 37,899 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 330,256 ha in 1995.
What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 21,485 ha in 2018.
How does Western Asia rank for vetches — area harvested?
Western Asia ranks 10th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 53.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Western Asia 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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Indicator
Vetches — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
65 places, 3,070 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.