Apples — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Apples — Area harvested was 411 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Bhutan is 411 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.3% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 2,972 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 411 ha, in 2024.
That places Bhutan 83rd out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 1,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 1,330 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,340 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,350 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 1,430 ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 1,440 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 1,470 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 1,505 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 1,550 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 1,564 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 2,596 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 2,731 ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 2,792 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 2,972 ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 2,769 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 2,300 ha | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 1,800 ha | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 1,400 ha | -22.2% |
| 2003 | 1,015 ha | -27.5% |
| 2004 | 969 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 1,579 ha | +63.0% |
| 2006 | 1,170 ha | -25.9% |
| 2007 | 1,157 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 746 ha | -35.5% |
| 2009 | 907 ha | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 2,094 ha | +130.9% |
| 2011 | 2,050 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 900 ha | -56.1% |
| 2013 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 704 ha | -36.0% |
| 2016 | 835 ha | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 950 ha | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 766 ha | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 725 ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 705 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 493 ha | -30.1% |
| 2022 | 440 ha | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 453 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 411 ha | -9.3% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 411 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 2% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +130.9% | 907 ha | 2,094 ha |
| 2005 | +63.0% | 969 ha | 1,579 ha |
| 2012 | -56.1% | 2,050 ha | 900 ha |
| 2015 | -36.0% | 1,100 ha | 704 ha |
| 2008 | -35.5% | 1,157 ha | 746 ha |
| 2021 | -30.1% | 705 ha | 493 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,128 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,333 ha | 1,250 ha | 1,440 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,679 ha | 1,470 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,536 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,972 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,304 ha | 746 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,112 ha | 704 ha | 2,094 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 500.4 ha | 411 ha | 705 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Apples — area harvested in Bhutan was 411 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,972 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 411 ha in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for apples — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 83rd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — 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.