Wheat — Area harvested in Central Asia
Central Asia: Wheat — Area harvested was 15.64 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central Asia recorded 15.64 million ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Central Asia peaked at 17.27 million ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 11.56 million ha, in 1999.
That places Central Asia 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 14.98 million ha | — |
| 1993 | 14.12 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 13.82 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 13.45 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 13.88 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 13.47 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 11.89 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1999 | 11.56 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 12.89 million ha | +11.6% |
| 2001 | 13.46 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 14.48 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 14.38 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 14.80 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 14.89 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 14.96 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 15.53 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 15.90 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 17.27 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 16.19 million ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 16.66 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 15.27 million ha | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 15.93 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 14.74 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 14.38 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 15.26 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 14.74 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 13.94 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 13.87 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 14.62 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 15.13 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 15.38 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 15.53 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 15.64 million ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.39 million ha | 11.56 million ha | 14.98 million ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 14.86 million ha | 12.89 million ha | 17.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.10 million ha | 13.87 million ha | 16.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.26 million ha | 14.62 million ha | 15.64 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 8 Australia 13.06 million ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 86,500 ha compare
- 9 Canada 10.65 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75,001 ha compare
- 10 Pakistan 9.73 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 6.34 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000 ha compare
- 12 Ukraine 4.88 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 330 ha compare
- 13 France 4.45 million ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 43 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 2.92 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2181 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value -0.7329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 5.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Central Asia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Central Asia was 15.64 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.27 million ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.56 million ha in 1999.
- How does Central Asia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.