Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Eritrea
Eritrea: Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.2063 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Eritrea, 1993–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.2063 ha per square kilometre for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Eritrea peaked at 0.3539 ha per square kilometre in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.1346 ha per square kilometre, in 2008.
Eritrea ranks 71st of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.2624 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1994 | 0.1797 ha per square kilometre | -31.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1856 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 0.2123 ha per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2778 ha per square kilometre | +30.9% |
| 1998 | 0.331 ha per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3539 ha per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 0.2295 ha per square kilometre | -35.1% |
| 2001 | 0.3099 ha per square kilometre | +35.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2534 ha per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2369 ha per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2511 ha per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.154 ha per square kilometre | -38.6% |
| 2006 | 0.1536 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2684 ha per square kilometre | +74.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1346 ha per square kilometre | -49.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2017 ha per square kilometre | +49.8% |
| 2010 | 0.2313 ha per square kilometre | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2147 ha per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2147 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2066 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2063 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2063 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2063 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.2063 ha per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0748 ha per square kilometre, 2.8× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.2063 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0226 ha per square kilometre, 9.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +74.7% | 0.1536 ha per square kilometre | 0.2684 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2575 ha per square kilometre | 0.1797 ha per square kilometre | 0.3539 ha per square kilometre | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.2193 ha per square kilometre | 0.1346 ha per square kilometre | 0.3099 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2106 ha per square kilometre | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | 0.2313 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2064 ha per square kilometre | 0.2063 ha per square kilometre | 0.2065 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 68 Portugal 0.2701 ha per square kilometre compare
- 69 Zimbabwe 0.26 ha per square kilometre compare
- 70 Mongolia 0.2155 ha per square kilometre compare
- 72 Kenya 0.1798 ha per square kilometre compare
- 73 Norway 0.177 ha per square kilometre compare
- 74 New Zealand 0.1538 ha per square kilometre compare
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 square kilometre in Eritrea?
- Wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Eritrea was 0.2063 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3539 ha per square kilometre in 1999.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1346 ha per square kilometre in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Eritrea ranks 71st out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.