Wheat — Area harvested in Oman
Oman: Wheat — Area harvested was 3,749 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Oman, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Oman stood at 3,749 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 24.8% on the previous year and up 303.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Oman peaked at 3,749 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 228 ha, in 1985.
That places Oman 101st out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Oman, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | -50.0% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 302 ha | -49.7% |
| 1980 | 718 ha | +137.7% |
| 1981 | 302 ha | -57.9% |
| 1982 | 302 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 302 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 302 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 228 ha | -24.5% |
| 1986 | 263 ha | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 335 ha | +27.4% |
| 1988 | 468 ha | +39.7% |
| 1989 | 470 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 540 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 550 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 560 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 570 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 580 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -40.0% |
| 1999 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 443 ha | +26.6% |
| 2001 | 449 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 449 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 370 ha | -17.6% |
| 2004 | 389 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 271 ha | -30.3% |
| 2006 | 276 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 310 ha | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 350 ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 605 ha | +72.9% |
| 2010 | 554 ha | -8.4% |
| 2011 | 643 ha | +16.1% |
| 2012 | 430 ha | -33.1% |
| 2013 | 298 ha | -30.7% |
| 2014 | 929 ha | +211.7% |
| 2015 | 845 ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 929 ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 929 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 929 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 939 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,131 ha | +20.4% |
| 2021 | 1,096 ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,766 ha | +61.1% |
| 2023 | 3,003 ha | +70.0% |
| 2024 | 3,749 ha | +24.8% |
Oman compared with similar countries
- Oman's 3,749 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 2% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Oman's 3,749 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 6% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Oman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +211.7% | 298 ha | 929 ha |
| 1980 | +137.7% | 302 ha | 718 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,122 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,170 ha | 302 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 369 ha | 228 ha | 718 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 497 ha | 300 ha | 580 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 391.2 ha | 271 ha | 605 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 742.5 ha | 298 ha | 939 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,149 ha | 1,096 ha | 3,749 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Oman
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0281 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 560.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2052 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 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Oman?
- Wheat — area harvested in Oman was 3,749 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 3,749 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 228 ha in 1985.
- How does Oman rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Oman ranks 101st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is up 303.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Oman 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.