Wheat — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Wheat — Area harvested was 1.80 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 1.80 million ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 2.58 million ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 825,240 ha, in 1997.
Algeria ranks 22nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.69 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.87 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 1.91 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 2.19 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1965 | 2.19 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 1.48 million ha | -32.3% |
| 1967 | 2.00 million ha | +34.9% |
| 1968 | 2.22 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 2.20 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 2.30 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 2.15 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 2.47 million ha | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 2.35 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 2.20 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 2.22 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 2.30 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 1.91 million ha | -16.9% |
| 1978 | 1.86 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 1.95 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 2.07 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 1.81 million ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 1.64 million ha | -9.7% |
| 1983 | 1.40 million ha | -14.4% |
| 1984 | 1.55 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 1.67 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 1.52 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1987 | 1.51 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 1.02 million ha | -32.3% |
| 1989 | 1.47 million ha | +44.0% |
| 1990 | 1.19 million ha | -19.4% |
| 1991 | 1.73 million ha | +45.6% |
| 1992 | 1.85 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 1.26 million ha | -32.1% |
| 1994 | 892,600 ha | -28.9% |
| 1995 | 1.68 million ha | +88.3% |
| 1996 | 2.28 million ha | +35.6% |
| 1997 | 825,240 ha | -63.8% |
| 1998 | 2.58 million ha | +212.3% |
| 1999 | 1.37 million ha | -46.7% |
| 2000 | 827,000 ha | -39.7% |
| 2001 | 1.84 million ha | +122.1% |
| 2002 | 1.40 million ha | -23.8% |
| 2003 | 2.05 million ha | +46.4% |
| 2004 | 2.01 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 1.60 million ha | -20.2% |
| 2006 | 1.78 million ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 1.82 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.01 million ha | -44.7% |
| 2009 | 1.85 million ha | +83.7% |
| 2010 | 1.76 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 1.67 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 1.95 million ha | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 1.73 million ha | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 1.65 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 1.81 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 2.06 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 2.12 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1.95 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 1.97 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.85 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 1.37 million ha | -25.9% |
| 2022 | 1.80 million ha | +31.5% |
| 2023 | 1.80 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.80 million ha | +0.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 1.80 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 5.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 1.80 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 28.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +212.3% | 825,240 ha | 2.58 million ha |
| 2001 | +122.1% | 827,000 ha | 1.84 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 2.22 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.17 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 2.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.57 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 2.07 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.56 million ha | 825,240 ha | 2.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.62 million ha | 827,000 ha | 2.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.87 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.72 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.85 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Algeria?
- Wheat — area harvested in Algeria was 1.80 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.58 million ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 825,240 ha in 1997.
- How does Algeria rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 22nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Algeria 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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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.