Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Romania
Romania: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.1192 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.1192 ha per person for wheat — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Romania peaked at 0.1629 ha per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0641 ha per person, in 1992.
That places Romania 10th out of 110 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.16 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1629 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 0.1529 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 0.1564 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 0.1568 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 0.1579 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 0.1491 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 0.1423 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1379 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 0.1146 ha per person | -16.9% |
| 1971 | 0.1222 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 0.1222 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1132 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 0.114 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.1101 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.1111 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.1043 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1041 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0953 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1011 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0945 ha per person | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0959 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0987 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.1042 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1041 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.1095 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1027 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 0.1029 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1001 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0971 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0937 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0641 ha per person | -31.6% |
| 1993 | 0.1002 ha per person | +56.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1061 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1094 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0788 ha per person | -28.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1054 ha per person | +33.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0887 ha per person | -15.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0741 ha per person | -16.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0859 ha per person | +16.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1148 ha per person | +33.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0989 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0654 ha per person | -33.8% |
| 2004 | 0.1047 ha per person | +60.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1148 ha per person | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 0.094 ha per person | -18.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0905 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1022 ha per person | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1051 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1063 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0966 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0993 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.105 ha per person | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1059 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1061 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1084 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1047 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1087 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1119 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1119 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1137 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1138 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1216 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 0.1192 ha per person | -2.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.1192 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0299 ha per person, 4.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.1192 ha per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0366 ha per person, 3.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +60.1% | 0.0654 ha per person | 0.1047 ha per person |
| 1993 | +56.4% | 0.0641 ha per person | 0.1002 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1529 ha per person | 0.1379 ha per person | 0.1629 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1111 ha per person | 0.0953 ha per person | 0.1222 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1014 ha per person | 0.0945 ha per person | 0.1095 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0918 ha per person | 0.0641 ha per person | 0.1094 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0976 ha per person | 0.0654 ha per person | 0.1148 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1053 ha per person | 0.0966 ha per person | 0.1119 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1161 ha per person | 0.1119 ha per person | 0.1216 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested, per capita in Romania?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Romania was 0.1192 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1629 ha per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0641 ha per person in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Romania ranks 10th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.
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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.