Wheat — Area harvested in Croatia
Croatia: Wheat — Area harvested was 140,800 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Croatia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 140,800 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 18.5% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Croatia peaked at 241,734 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 118,380 ha, in 2017.
Croatia ranks 64th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Croatia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 168,865 ha | — |
| 1993 | 211,845 ha | +25.5% |
| 1994 | 198,381 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 227,044 ha | +14.4% |
| 1996 | 200,852 ha | -11.5% |
| 1997 | 208,377 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 241,734 ha | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 169,280 ha | -30.0% |
| 2000 | 182,333 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 184,274 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 179,153 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 157,175 ha | -12.3% |
| 2004 | 162,634 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 146,253 ha | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 175,551 ha | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 175,045 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 156,536 ha | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 180,376 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 168,507 ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 149,797 ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 186,949 ha | +24.8% |
| 2013 | 204,506 ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 156,139 ha | -23.7% |
| 2015 | 140,986 ha | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 171,400 ha | +21.6% |
| 2017 | 118,380 ha | -30.9% |
| 2018 | 138,460 ha | +17.0% |
| 2019 | 143,150 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 147,840 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 147,390 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 161,830 ha | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 172,850 ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 140,800 ha | -18.5% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 140,800 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 66% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 140,800 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 39% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 203,297 ha | 168,865 ha | 241,734 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 169,933 ha | 146,253 ha | 184,274 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 157,827 ha | 118,380 ha | 204,506 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,142 ha | 140,800 ha | 172,850 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More agriculture & rural data for Croatia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 767.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4457 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4219 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Croatia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Croatia was 140,800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 241,734 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 118,380 ha in 2017.
- How does Croatia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Croatia ranks 64th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia 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.