Agriculture & Rural in Western Asia 3,790 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Western Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,971 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 0.9% 21st Number of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) affected by anemia 21.7 million No 2023 up 23.3% 22nd Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture 68.29 % 2023 up 5.2% 12th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture 31.71 % 2023 down 9.6% 20th Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in 36.57 % 2023 up 22.5% 12th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Male — Value 16,132 1000 No 2023 up 4.7% 19th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Female 6,857 1000 No 2023 down 0.5% 21st FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Male — Value 20.37 % 2023 down 16.2% 20th FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female 27.97 % 2023 down 26.6% 18th FAO Model — Share of females in total AFS employment — Female — Value 29.02 % 2023 up 2.6% 30th Grapes — Gross Production Index Number 97.54 2024 down 6.7% 14th Grapes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 83.38 2024 down 22.0% 21st Eggplants (aubergines) — Gross Production Index Number 99.11 2024 down 10.4% 23rd Eggplants (aubergines) — Gross per capita Production Index Number 84.66 2024 down 25.1% 23rd Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 8,396 1000 No 2023 up 1.6% 18th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 3,899 1000 No 2023 down 12.7% 16th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of 1.05 % 2024 down 18.0% 24th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture 0.32 2024 down 11.1% 18th 2.a.1 Agriculture share of Government Expenditure — Value 1.05 % 2024 down 18.0% 22nd 2.a.1 Agriculture value added share of GDP — Value 3.26 % 2024 down 8.7% 22nd 2.a.1 Agriculture orientation index for government expenditures 0.32 2024 down 11.1% 17th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 52.05 % 2023 down 3.0% 19th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 56.87 % 2023 down 12.2% 13th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value 3.26 % 2024 down 8.7% 24th Other beans, green — Gross Production Value 546,942 1000 USD 2024 down 24.4% 8th Bananas — Gross Production Value 1.06 million 1000 USD 2024 up 109.5% 14th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 23,630 1000 No 2023 down 3.0% 19th Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 10.6 % 2023 down 18.7% 17th Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 15.9 % 2023 down 35.6% 11th Gender gap in the share of employment in agrifood systems out of -5.3 % 2023 up 54.5% 25th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 23,630 1000 No 2023 down 3.0% 19th FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 22.78 % 2023 down 23.9% 19th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 12,295 1000 No 2023 down 3.4% 16th Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 11.85 % 2023 down 24.2% 15th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 52.03 % 2023 down 0.4% 17th Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Value 21,290 1000 USD 2024 down 45.4% 23rd Sorghum — Gross Production Value 232,249 1000 USD 2024 down 30.5% 18th Sunflower seed — Area harvested 991,286 ha 2024 up 46.9% 14th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 73.91 % 2023 down 6.6% 3rd Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 26.09 % 2023 up 25.1% 29th Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm 47.82 % 2023 down 17.9% 3rd Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 26,334 t 2024 up 6.6% 20th Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8,906 1000 Int$ 2024 up 48.7% 22nd Coconuts, in shell — Gross Production Value 1,099 1000 Int$ 2024 up 1.4% 16th Sunflower seed — Production 2.24 million t 2024 up 33.3% 10th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 11,335 1000 No 2023 down 2.6% 21st FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 11,335 1000 No 2023 down 2.6% 21st FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 47.97 % 2023 up 0.4% 15th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 10.93 % 2023 down 23.5% 19th Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 1.35 million 1000 USD 2024 up 19.1% 19th Barley — Gross Production Value 2.42 million 1000 USD 2024 down 1.1% 9th Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 382,755 1000 USD 2024 up 80.2% 16th Plums and sloes — Gross Production Index Number 121.87 2024 up 26.6% 11th Plums and sloes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 104.29 2024 up 5.8% 15th Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production 1,033 t 2024 down 24.7% 24th Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 8,227 An 2024 down 14.9% 23rd Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 8,227 An 2024 down 14.9% 23rd Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested 637 ha 2024 unchanged 20th Coconuts, in shell — Yield 10,570 kg/ha 2024 up 1.4% 3rd Coconuts, in shell — Production 6,733 t 2024 up 1.4% 16th ← Previous Page 10 of 64 Next →