Wheat — Area harvested in Mongolia
Mongolia: Wheat — Area harvested was 317,739 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 317,739 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Mongolia peaked at 532,945 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 116,651 ha, in 2007.
That places Mongolia 50th out of 124 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.
Wheat — Area harvested in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 267,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 320,000 ha | +19.9% |
| 1963 | 348,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 356,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 362,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 343,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1967 | 344,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 346,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 347,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 348,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 333,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 314,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 307,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 305,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 316,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 324,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 351,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 415,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1979 | 423,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 408,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 409,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 431,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 444,200 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 460,765 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 482,070 ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 467,300 ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 467,777 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 490,319 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 528,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 532,945 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 530,490 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 526,328 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 498,100 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 429,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1995 | 348,500 ha | -18.9% |
| 1996 | 324,817 ha | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 312,168 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 301,108 ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 273,105 ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 178,571 ha | -34.6% |
| 2001 | 192,640 ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 208,644 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 202,638 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 168,015 ha | -17.1% |
| 2005 | 153,754 ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 117,965 ha | -23.3% |
| 2007 | 116,651 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 150,017 ha | +28.6% |
| 2009 | 248,908 ha | +65.9% |
| 2010 | 250,233 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 291,350 ha | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 297,318 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 275,554 ha | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 291,247 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 361,219 ha | +24.0% |
| 2016 | 355,075 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 270,989 ha | -23.7% |
| 2018 | 307,897 ha | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 321,040 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 328,831 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 392,503 ha | +19.4% |
| 2022 | 357,950 ha | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 335,807 ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 317,739 ha | -5.4% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 317,739 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 317,739 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 143,400 ha, 2.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +65.9% | 150,017 ha | 248,908 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 337,000 ha | 267,000 ha | 362,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 343,600 ha | 305,000 ha | 423,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 458,913 ha | 408,000 ha | 528,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 407,706 ha | 273,105 ha | 532,945 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 173,780 ha | 116,651 ha | 248,908 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 302,192 ha | 250,233 ha | 361,219 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 346,566 ha | 317,739 ha | 392,503 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Mongolia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Mongolia was 317,739 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 532,945 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 116,651 ha in 2007.
- How does Mongolia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Mongolia ranks 50th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.