Wheat — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Wheat — Area harvested was 25,000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Wheat — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 25,000 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 35,739 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 16,300 ha, in 2008.
Eritrea ranks 87th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Wheat — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 26,500 ha | — |
| 1994 | 18,150 ha | -31.5% |
| 1995 | 18,744 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 21,438 ha | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 28,061 ha | +30.9% |
| 1998 | 33,434 ha | +19.1% |
| 1999 | 35,739 ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 23,182 ha | -35.1% |
| 2001 | 31,300 ha | +35.0% |
| 2002 | 25,592 ha | -18.2% |
| 2003 | 23,928 ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 30,373 ha | +26.9% |
| 2005 | 18,642 ha | -38.6% |
| 2006 | 18,588 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 32,488 ha | +74.8% |
| 2008 | 16,300 ha | -49.8% |
| 2009 | 24,417 ha | +49.8% |
| 2010 | 28,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 26,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 25,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 1.8× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 25,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 1.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +74.8% | 18,588 ha | 32,488 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,009 ha | 18,150 ha | 35,739 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 24,481 ha | 16,300 ha | 32,488 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,500 ha | 25,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Wheat — area harvested in Eritrea was 25,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 35,739 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,300 ha in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 87th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.