West Bank and Gaza: Land under cereal production (hectares)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, West Bank and Gaza's land under cereal production (hectares) rose 12.8% on 2022 (from 18,348 to 20,698).

Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2022), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 26.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 53.3% in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 56.4% in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 23% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2023 ranking

• Nicaragua — 1st of 3: 350,425
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 3rd of 3: 0

What this measures

Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Limitations: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through annual questionnaires. They are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 30 values

Land under cereal production (hectares) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 2.64 million (2024)
• Algeria — 2.68 million (2024)
• Djibouti — 9 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.26 million (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 9 million (2024)
• Iraq — 2.43 million (2024)
• Israel — 66,837 (2024)
• Jordan — 52,137 (2024)
• Kuwait — 2,484 (2024)
• Lebanon — 45,032 (2024)
• Libya

More environment data for West Bank and Gaza

• Population in largest city — 823,407 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 12.62% (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 87.38% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 32 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 250 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 282 (2024)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 3,912 (2024)
• Agricultural land (% of land area) — 64.93% (2024)
• Arable land (hectares) — 41,900 (2024)
• Arable land (% of land area)

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Questions people ask

What is West Bank and Gaza's land under cereal production (hectares)?

20,698 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1994?

It is down 28.79% from 29,065 in 1994 (1.16% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 38,712 in 2018 and the lowest 12,268 in 2021.

Is the latest change in land under cereal production (hectares) unusual for West Bank and Gaza?

In 2023, West Bank and Gaza's land under cereal production (hectares) rose 12.8% on 2022 (from 18,348 to 20,698). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2022), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 26.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.CREL.HA, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, note: Item code F1717, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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