Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia
Somalia: Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0042 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.0042 ha per square kilometre for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia peaked at 0.0061 ha per square kilometre in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 96th of 110 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1970 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +337.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0061 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | -34.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | -28.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | +30.1% |
| 1993 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0049 ha per square kilometre | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.0042 ha per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0748 ha per square kilometre, 6% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.0042 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0226 ha per square kilometre, 19% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +337.5% | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre |
| 1990 | -34.2% | 0.0061 ha per square kilometre | 0.004 ha per square kilometre |
| 1971 | -33.3% | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.001 ha per square kilometre |
| 1972 | +33.3% | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre |
| 1992 | +30.1% | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre |
| 1991 | -28.0% | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 0.0061 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0049 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia?
- Wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia was 0.0042 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0061 ha per square kilometre in 1989.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Somalia ranks 96th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.