Wheat — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Wheat — Area harvested was 2,654 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Somalia stood at 2,654 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 3,800 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Somalia 103rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 900 ha | — |
| 1971 | 600 ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +337.5% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | -34.2% |
| 1991 | 1,800 ha | -28.0% |
| 1992 | 2,342 ha | +30.1% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 2,481 ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 2,477 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,471 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 2,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 2,521 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 2,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,563 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 2,563 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,641 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 3,100 ha | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 2,600 ha | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 2,563 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 2,627 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 2,478 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 2,580 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 2,578 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,582 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 2,607 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 2,624 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,635 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,643 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,647 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,655 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,658 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,647 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,651 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,654 ha | +0.1% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 2,654 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 19% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 2,654 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 21% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +337.5% | 800 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 1990 | -34.2% | 3,800 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 1971 | -33.3% | 900 ha | 600 ha |
| 1972 | +33.3% | 600 ha | 800 ha |
| 1992 | +30.1% | 1,800 ha | 2,342 ha |
| 1991 | -28.0% | 2,500 ha | 1,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,680 ha | 600 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,610 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,419 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,634 ha | 2,478 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,590 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,647 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,653 ha | 2,647 ha | 2,658 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Somalia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Somalia was 2,654 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,800 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 103rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.