Vetches — Area harvested in World
World: Vetches — Area harvested was 339,463 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vetches — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
World recorded 339,463 ha for vetches — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in World peaked at 2.44 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 335,978 ha, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vetches — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.17 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.44 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 2.23 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1964 | 2.15 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 2.01 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 1.97 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 1.91 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 1.71 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1969 | 1.74 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 1.68 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 1.51 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1972 | 1.66 million ha | +9.9% |
| 1973 | 1.62 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 1.52 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 1.56 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 1.32 million ha | -15.5% |
| 1977 | 1.36 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 1.24 million ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 1.01 million ha | -18.7% |
| 1980 | 951,875 ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 1.00 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 987,627 ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 1.19 million ha | +20.5% |
| 1984 | 1.29 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 1.33 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 1.43 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 1.38 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 1.30 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 1.36 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 1.28 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 1.18 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 1.04 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 943,541 ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 944,362 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.10 million ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 1.23 million ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 1.06 million ha | -13.9% |
| 1998 | 1.04 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 1.04 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 948,049 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 932,313 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 929,697 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | +16.5% |
| 2004 | 888,125 ha | -18.0% |
| 2005 | 850,251 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 816,782 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 677,652 ha | -17.0% |
| 2008 | 646,512 ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 522,427 ha | -19.2% |
| 2010 | 504,893 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 594,522 ha | +17.8% |
| 2012 | 665,557 ha | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 559,794 ha | -15.9% |
| 2014 | 556,937 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 568,685 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 543,023 ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 577,478 ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 337,303 ha | -41.6% |
| 2019 | 349,353 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 352,540 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 338,254 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 336,248 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 335,978 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 339,463 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.04 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 2.44 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.45 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.22 million ha | 951,875 ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.09 million ha | 943,541 ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 829,446 ha | 522,427 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 525,754 ha | 337,303 ha | 665,557 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 340,497 ha | 335,978 ha | 352,540 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in World?
- Vetches — area harvested in World was 339,463 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 2.44 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 335,978 ha in 2023.
- How does World rank for vetches — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.