Areca nuts — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Areca nuts — Area harvested was 1.32 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for areca nuts — area harvested in Asia is 1.32 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 73.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — area harvested in Asia peaked at 1.32 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 277,726 ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,557 ha | — |
| 1962 | 298,082 ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 301,069 ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 306,223 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 298,427 ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 277,726 ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 278,012 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 281,061 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 299,703 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 302,941 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 310,922 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 316,224 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 325,532 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 331,721 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 336,291 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 324,217 ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 331,396 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 321,738 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 331,064 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 333,283 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 342,252 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 338,497 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 351,067 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 358,099 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 336,832 ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 353,591 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 350,470 ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 382,932 ha | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 394,032 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 409,609 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 418,340 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 426,803 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 422,274 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 434,902 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 442,588 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 458,601 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 468,035 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 489,873 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 529,798 ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 533,274 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 579,528 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 587,354 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 665,907 ha | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 696,477 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 632,307 ha | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 656,811 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 666,444 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 679,989 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 691,239 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 707,087 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 709,613 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 793,136 ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 759,437 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 761,281 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 759,001 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 788,518 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 776,377 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 834,647 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 870,307 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 1.11 million ha | +27.0% |
| 2021 | 1.16 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 1.31 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 1.32 million ha | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Area harvested in Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +27.0% | 870,307 ha | 1.11 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 293,429 ha | 277,726 ha | 306,223 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 323,205 ha | 302,941 ha | 336,291 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 354,106 ha | 333,283 ha | 394,032 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 450,082 ha | 409,609 ha | 529,798 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 638,933 ha | 533,274 ha | 696,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 775,940 ha | 707,087 ha | 870,307 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — area harvested in Asia?
- Areca nuts — area harvested in Asia was 1.32 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.32 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 277,726 ha in 1966.
- How does Asia rank for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 3 groups with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Areca nuts — 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.