Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0071 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.0071 ha per person for wheat — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.0162 ha per person in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0058 ha per person, in 2008.
That places Eritrea 63rd out of 110 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0143 ha per person | — |
| 1994 | 0.0095 ha per person | -33.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0093 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0101 ha per person | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 0.013 ha per person | +29.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0153 ha per person | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0162 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0103 ha per person | -36.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0135 ha per person | +31.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0107 ha per person | -21.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0096 ha per person | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0117 ha per person | +21.8% |
| 2005 | 0.007 ha per person | -40.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0069 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0118 ha per person | +72.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0058 ha per person | -51.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0085 ha per person | +46.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0095 ha per person | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0087 ha per person | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0086 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0081 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0081 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0081 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.008 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0079 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0078 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0077 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0076 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0075 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0073 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0072 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0071 ha per person | -1.8% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.0071 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0006 ha per person, 12.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.0071 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0006 ha per person, 12.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +72.2% | 0.0069 ha per person | 0.0118 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0125 ha per person | 0.0093 ha per person | 0.0162 ha per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0096 ha per person | 0.0058 ha per person | 0.0135 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0082 ha per person | 0.0077 ha per person | 0.0095 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0073 ha per person | 0.0071 ha per person | 0.0076 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested, per capita in Eritrea?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Eritrea was 0.0071 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0162 ha per person in 1999.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0058 ha per person in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 63rd out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 32 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.