Wheat — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Wheat — Area harvested was 45,970 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Albania is 45,970 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.2% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Albania peaked at 209,200 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 45,970 ha, in 2024.
Albania ranks 82nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 126,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 139,144 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 86,660 ha | -37.7% |
| 1964 | 129,048 ha | +48.9% |
| 1965 | 105,542 ha | -18.2% |
| 1966 | 117,833 ha | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 120,486 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 143,854 ha | +19.4% |
| 1969 | 146,547 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 147,353 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 138,477 ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 150,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 165,700 ha | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 160,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 190,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 197,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 196,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 193,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 194,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 188,800 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 190,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 192,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 199,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 191,100 ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 199,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 209,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 203,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 143,658 ha | -29.2% |
| 1992 | 103,273 ha | -28.1% |
| 1993 | 154,959 ha | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 169,728 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 141,219 ha | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 124,721 ha | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 136,200 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 140,910 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 109,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 2000 | 112,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 100,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 93,400 ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 90,782 ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 81,400 ha | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 82,325 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 75,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 70,290 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 83,400 ha | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 82,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 73,900 ha | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 69,219 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 73,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 71,200 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 69,998 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 69,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 70,512 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 68,095 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 65,072 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 57,330 ha | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 53,946 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 54,514 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 54,267 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 57,620 ha | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 45,970 ha | -20.2% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 45,970 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 14% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Albania's 45,970 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 13% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +50.0% | 103,273 ha | 154,959 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,957 ha | 86,660 ha | 146,547 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 170,853 ha | 138,477 ha | 200,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 195,380 ha | 188,800 ha | 209,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 142,667 ha | 103,273 ha | 203,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,140 ha | 70,290 ha | 112,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,793 ha | 57,330 ha | 73,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,263 ha | 45,970 ha | 57,620 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Albania?
- Wheat — area harvested in Albania was 45,970 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 209,200 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,970 ha in 2024.
- How does Albania rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 82nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.