Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Palestine
Palestine: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0025 ha per person in 2022. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Palestine, 1994–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2022, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Palestine stood at 0.0025 ha per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 46.7% on the previous year and down 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Palestine peaked at 0.0086 ha per person in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.0017 ha per person, in 2021.
Palestine ranks 71st of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Palestine, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.0069 ha per person | — |
| 1995 | 0.0086 ha per person | +24.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0065 ha per person | -24.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0069 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0075 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 0.005 ha per person | -33.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0074 ha per person | +48.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0069 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0073 ha per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0069 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0068 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0064 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0062 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0058 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0064 ha per person | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 0.006 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0026 ha per person | -57.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0028 ha per person | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0034 ha per person | +18.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0043 ha per person | +27.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0042 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0031 ha per person | -25.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0033 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0035 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0064 ha per person | +84.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0033 ha per person | -48.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0032 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0017 ha per person | -45.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0025 ha per person | +46.7% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.0025 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0025 ha per person, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 0.0025 ha per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0054 ha per person, 47% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0069 ha per person | 0.005 ha per person | 0.0086 ha per person | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.0066 ha per person | 0.0058 ha per person | 0.0074 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0064 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0032 ha per person | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More agriculture & rural data for Palestine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0552 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 167.17 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1262 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested, per capita in Palestine?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Palestine was 0.0025 ha per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0086 ha per person in 1995.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0017 ha per person in 2021.
- How does Palestine rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Palestine ranks 71st out of 110 countries with data for 2022.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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)
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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.