Areca nuts — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Areca nuts — Area harvested was 36,184 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, areca nuts — area harvested in Eastern Asia stood at 36,184 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 51,617 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 623 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 623 ha | — |
| 1962 | 752 ha | +20.7% |
| 1963 | 821 ha | +9.2% |
| 1964 | 832 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 989 ha | +18.9% |
| 1966 | 1,088 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 1,065 ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 1,205 ha | +13.1% |
| 1969 | 1,233 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 1,261 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 1,333 ha | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 1,347 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 1,261 ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 1,400 ha | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 1,550 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 1,927 ha | +20.4% |
| 1979 | 2,201 ha | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 2,326 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 2,839 ha | +22.1% |
| 1982 | 3,125 ha | +10.1% |
| 1983 | 3,944 ha | +26.2% |
| 1984 | 4,645 ha | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 6,082 ha | +30.9% |
| 1986 | 6,960 ha | +14.4% |
| 1987 | 9,553 ha | +37.3% |
| 1988 | 16,092 ha | +68.4% |
| 1989 | 22,378 ha | +39.1% |
| 1990 | 24,291 ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 26,965 ha | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 29,232 ha | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 32,632 ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 36,316 ha | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 42,456 ha | +16.9% |
| 1996 | 46,381 ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 47,614 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 49,401 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 51,207 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 51,617 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 51,027 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 51,203 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 50,787 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 50,058 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 50,337 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 49,290 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 49,831 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 49,300 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 48,269 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 45,832 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 45,952 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 45,521 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 45,329 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 44,511 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 43,226 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 42,576 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 41,802 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 41,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 40,920 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 40,183 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 39,691 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 37,619 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 36,921 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 36,184 ha | -2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Area harvested in Eastern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +68.4% | 9,553 ha | 16,092 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 956.44 ha | 623 ha | 1,233 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,533 ha | 1,261 ha | 2,201 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,794 ha | 2,326 ha | 22,378 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,650 ha | 24,291 ha | 51,207 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,172 ha | 48,269 ha | 51,617 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,717 ha | 40,920 ha | 45,952 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,120 ha | 36,184 ha | 40,183 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Areca nuts — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 36,184 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 51,617 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 623 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 7 groups with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern 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.