Agricultural production in Afghanistan
According to FAOSTAT, Afghanistan produced 6.2 million t of cereals, 1.3 million t of vegetables, 3.9 million t of fruit, 234,092 t of meat and 2.2 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were wheat (5.2 million t), watermelons (1.2 million t) and grapes (1.1 million t).
- Products recorded
- 81
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 13
- products
- Year
- 2024
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in watermelons (+292%), followed by apples (+273%).
Livestock numbers: 5.6 million cattle, 12.4 million sheep and 8.2 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 6,215,646 | 46 | 0.2% | โ11% |
| All fruit | 3,911,398 | 43 | 0.41% | +128% |
| All milk | 2,248,984 | 52 | 0.23% | โ7.0% |
| All vegetables | 1,338,009 | 70 | 0.11% | +37% |
| All roots and tubers | 908,218 | 80 | 0.1% | +167% |
| All meat | 234,092 | 102 | 0.06% | โ25% |
| All pulses | 138,533 | 65 | 0.14% | +131% |
| All tree nuts | 103,382 | 27 | 0.56% | +147% |
| All sugar crops | 59,767 | 113 | 0% | โ31% |
| All citrus fruit | 24,118 | 87 | 0.01% | +143% |
| All eggs | 21,968 | 103 | 0.02% | +19% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 5,200,000 | 27 | 0.65% | โ3.2% |
| Cow milk | 1,928,136 | 55 | 0.24% | โ8.2% |
| Watermelons | 1,180,437 | 14 | 1.12% | +292% |
| Grapes | 1,141,407 | 16 | 1.5% | +53% |
| Potatoes | 908,218 | 46 | 0.23% | +167% |
| Skim milk of cows | 733,695 | 39 | 0.51% | +27% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 723,238 | 27 | 0.26% | โ6.8% |
| Melons | 701,220 | 8 | 2.48% | +156% |
| Rice (paddy) | 654,000 | 44 | 0.08% | โ18% |
| Onions, dry | 614,771 | 34 | 0.57% | +211% |
| Apples | 333,838 | 34 | 0.34% | +273% |
| Maize | 260,000 | 89 | 0.02% | โ18% |
| Sheep milk | 194,000 | 14 | 1.98% | โ4.2% |
| Apricots | 167,699 | 8 | 3.65% | +86% |
| Seed cotton | 120,508 | 28 | 0.17% | +181% |
| Goat milk | 120,031 | 30 | 0.59% | +11% |
| Barley | 100,000 | 61 | 0.07% | โ81% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 85,571 | 25 | 0.31% | +324% |
| Sheep meat | 84,750 | 26 | 0.73% | โ23% |
| Cotton seed | 79,595 | 29 | 0.19% | +190% |
| Almonds, in shell | 69,316 | 10 | 1.75% | +153% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 61,421 | 88 | 0.09% | โ49% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 61,085 | 60 | 0.16% | โ3.6% |
| Figs | 59,916 | 6 | 4.48% | +882% |
| Beans, dry | 55,446 | 48 | 0.18% | โ |
| Sugar cane | 53,326 | 81 | 0% | โ29% |
| Other stone fruits | 50,342 | 4 | 8.14% | +9.1% |
| Plums | 48,495 | 29 | 0.38% | +23% |
| Goat meat | 47,571 | 20 | 0.61% | +6.4% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 44,920 | 22 | 1.01% | โ25% |
| Cotton lint | 40,410 | 30 | 0.16% | +190% |
| Butter of cow milk | 39,026 | 30 | 0.65% | +27% |
| Peas, dry | 38,167 | 27 | 0.27% | โ |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | 32,976 | 9 | 3.05% | +33% |
| Sesame seed | 28,799 | 27 | 0.43% | โ10% |
| Chicken meat | 28,689 | 116 | 0.02% | +16% |
| Linseed | 27,819 | 11 | 0.92% | +1,013% |
| Walnuts, in shell | 27,524 | 14 | 0.63% | +164% |
| Pears | 24,295 | 41 | 0.09% | +381% |
| Hen eggs | 21,968 | 101 | 0.02% | +19% |
| Oil of linseed | 19,329 | 8 | 2.47% | +2,533% |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 17,889 | 11 | 0.67% | โ17% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 17,303 | 22 | 0.87% | โ23% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 16,952 | 26 | 0.13% | +465% |
| Cottonseed oil | 13,807 | 27 | 0.33% | +190% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 13,419 | 26 | 0.62% | โ23% |
| Wool, greasy | 12,910 | 24 | 0.76% | โ15% |
| Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed | 11,485 | 10 | 2.21% | โ13% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 10,778 | 69 | 0.11% | โ49% |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | 10,693 | 9 | 2.34% | +5.5% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 10,082 | 69 | 0.12% | โ49% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 9,223 | 21 | 0.62% | +6.4% |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 8,012 | 30 | 0.39% | +0.3% |
| Olives | 7,912 | 30 | 0.03% | +14% |
| Soybeans | 7,305 | 71 | 0% | โ |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 7,184 | 23 | 0.47% | +6.4% |
| Oranges | 7,166 | 82 | 0.01% | +3.4% |
| Camel milk | 6,817 | 19 | 0.16% | โ0.3% |
| Sugar beet | 6,441 | 49 | 0% | โ43% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 6,237 | 26 | 0.95% | โ |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 4,767 | 22 | 0.74% | โ23% |
| Butter and ghee of sheep milk | 4,307 | 4 | 6.97% | โ13% |
| Other nuts | 3,716 | 32 | 0.34% | +182% |
| Camel meat | 3,649 | 22 | 0.55% | +2.3% |
| Pistachios, in shell | 2,825 | 9 | 0.2% | +3.1% |
| Raw sugar | 2,249 | 114 | 0% | +45% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 1,878 | 70 | 0.01% | +1,261% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 1,748 | 18 | 0.56% | +6.5% |
| Millet | 1,646 | 59 | 0.01% | โ56% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 1,507 | 79 | 0.04% | โ49% |
| Honey | 1,467 | 74 | 0.07% | โ22% |
| Sunflower seed | 1,131 | 67 | 0% | +188% |
| Mustard seed | 1,117 | 12 | 0.13% | โ |
| Molasses | 1,110 | 114 | 0% | +49% |
| Olive oil | 1,064 | 30 | 0.04% | +95% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 909 | 42 | 0.08% | โ32% |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | 547 | 21 | 0.58% | +2.2% |
| Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling | 500 | 10 | 0.11% | 0.0% |
| Fat of camels | 255 | 21 | 0.86% | +2.0% |
| Raw silk (not thrown) | 49 | 10 | 0.05% | โ2.0% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 17 | 64 | 0% | โ |
Live animals, 2024
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.

