Wheat — Area harvested in Palestine
Palestine: Wheat — Area harvested was 12,761 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Palestine, 1994–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 12,761 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2022.
That represents a change of up 50.3% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Palestine peaked at 29,190 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8,490 ha, in 2021.
That places Palestine 95th out of 124 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Palestine, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 16,298 ha | — |
| 1995 | 21,270 ha | +30.5% |
| 1996 | 16,816 ha | -20.9% |
| 1997 | 18,687 ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 20,944 ha | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 14,207 ha | -32.2% |
| 2000 | 21,667 ha | +52.5% |
| 2001 | 20,609 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 22,448 ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 21,662 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 21,896 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 21,399 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 21,105 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 20,233 ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 22,944 ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 22,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 9,714 ha | -55.8% |
| 2011 | 11,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 13,340 ha | +21.3% |
| 2013 | 17,360 ha | +30.1% |
| 2014 | 17,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13,270 ha | -23.6% |
| 2016 | 14,400 ha | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 15,459 ha | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 29,190 ha | +88.8% |
| 2019 | 15,300 ha | -47.6% |
| 2020 | 15,150 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 8,490 ha | -44.0% |
| 2022 | 12,761 ha | +50.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,037 ha | 14,207 ha | 21,270 ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 21,596 ha | 20,233 ha | 22,944 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,639 ha | 9,714 ha | 29,190 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,134 ha | 8,490 ha | 15,150 ha | 3 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0552 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 167.17 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1262 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Palestine?
- Wheat — area harvested in Palestine was 12,761 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 29,190 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,490 ha in 2021.
- How does Palestine rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Palestine ranks 95th out of 124 countries with data for 2022.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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.