Areca nuts — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Areca nuts — Area harvested was 1,325 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for areca nuts — area harvested in Bhutan is 1,325 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and up 62.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 2,500 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 266 ha, in 1992.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1991 | 280 ha | -88.8% |
| 1992 | 266 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 276 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 287 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 298 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 320 ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 331 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 338 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 340 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 353 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 363 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 383 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 379 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 740 ha | +95.3% |
| 2006 | 709 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 727 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 424 ha | -41.7% |
| 2009 | 702 ha | +65.6% |
| 2010 | 800 ha | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 1,071 ha | +33.9% |
| 2012 | 851 ha | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 682 ha | -19.9% |
| 2014 | 814 ha | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 1,022 ha | +25.6% |
| 2016 | 1,033 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,036 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,409 ha | +36.0% |
| 2019 | 1,747 ha | +24.0% |
| 2020 | 1,767 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 2,058 ha | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 1,637 ha | -20.5% |
| 2023 | 1,185 ha | -27.6% |
| 2024 | 1,325 ha | +11.8% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 1,325 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 11,444 ha, 12% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 1,325 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39,657 ha, 3% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -88.8% | 2,500 ha | 280 ha |
| 2005 | +95.3% | 379 ha | 740 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 521.6 ha | 266 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 512 ha | 340 ha | 740 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,046 ha | 682 ha | 1,747 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,594 ha | 1,185 ha | 2,058 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
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 areca nuts — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Areca nuts — area harvested in Bhutan was 1,325 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 266 ha in 1992.
- How does Bhutan rank for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 10th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.