Wheat — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Wheat — Production was 31.83 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production in Western Asia is 31.83 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Western Asia peaked at 33.57 million t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 9.23 million t, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 14th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.23 million t | — |
| 1962 | 11.49 million t | +24.5% |
| 1963 | 12.24 million t | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 11.05 million t | -9.8% |
| 1965 | 11.45 million t | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 11.62 million t | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 12.74 million t | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 12.29 million t | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 13.38 million t | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 12.38 million t | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 15.86 million t | +28.2% |
| 1972 | 17.45 million t | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 12.12 million t | -30.5% |
| 1974 | 15.00 million t | +23.7% |
| 1975 | 17.84 million t | +18.9% |
| 1976 | 20.20 million t | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 19.20 million t | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 19.79 million t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 20.02 million t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 20.39 million t | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 20.61 million t | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 20.80 million t | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 20.23 million t | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 20.44 million t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 22.58 million t | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 24.66 million t | +9.2% |
| 1987 | 24.51 million t | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 27.28 million t | +11.3% |
| 1989 | 21.67 million t | -20.6% |
| 1990 | 27.46 million t | +26.7% |
| 1991 | 28.46 million t | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 29.31 million t | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 30.92 million t | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 26.58 million t | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 26.51 million t | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 26.62 million t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 26.30 million t | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 29.65 million t | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 25.10 million t | -15.3% |
| 2000 | 28.13 million t | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 29.28 million t | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 32.02 million t | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 31.23 million t | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 32.66 million t | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 33.57 million t | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 31.84 million t | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 28.24 million t | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 25.55 million t | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 30.03 million t | +17.5% |
| 2010 | 28.88 million t | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 32.13 million t | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 30.44 million t | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 32.94 million t | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 29.14 million t | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 31.27 million t | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 28.65 million t | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 29.35 million t | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 26.67 million t | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 29.64 million t | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 32.69 million t | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 27.02 million t | -17.3% |
| 2022 | 27.34 million t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 33.26 million t | +21.7% |
| 2024 | 31.83 million t | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.72 million t | 9.23 million t | 13.38 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.99 million t | 12.12 million t | 20.20 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.32 million t | 20.23 million t | 27.28 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.69 million t | 25.10 million t | 30.92 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.25 million t | 25.55 million t | 33.57 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.91 million t | 26.67 million t | 32.94 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.43 million t | 27.02 million t | 33.26 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
- 11 Ukraine 22.44 million t compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 18.58 million t compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,015 t compare
- 13 Germany 18.53 million t compare
- 13 Melanesia 28.82 t compare
- 14 Argentina 18.51 million t compare
- 15 Poland 12.18 million t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.15 million t compare
- 17 Egypt 9.40 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Western Asia?
- Wheat — production in Western Asia was 31.83 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.57 million t in 2005.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.23 million t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for wheat — production?
- Western Asia ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Production. 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.