Wheat — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Wheat — Area harvested was 53,910 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 53,910 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Israel peaked at 112,950 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 39,330 ha, in 2022.
That places Israel 84th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,059 ha | 47,590 ha | 112,735 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 103,040 ha | 85,580 ha | 112,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,752 ha | 82,270 ha | 103,890 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,393 ha | 63,547 ha | 90,913 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,944 ha | 64,151 ha | 85,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,199 ha | 41,300 ha | 68,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,820 ha | 39,330 ha | 112,390 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture share gdp 1.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 8.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 852,511 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.97 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 197,001 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Israel?
- Wheat — area harvested in Israel was 53,910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 112,950 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,330 ha in 2022.
- How does Israel rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 84th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.