Areca nuts — Area harvested in Indonesia
Indonesia: Areca nuts — Area harvested was 164,217 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Indonesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 164,217 ha for areca nuts — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — area harvested in Indonesia peaked at 164,217 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65,000 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 85,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 90,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 94,058 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 70,177 ha | -25.4% |
| 1986 | 87,872 ha | +25.2% |
| 1987 | 73,170 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 94,178 ha | +28.7% |
| 1989 | 93,640 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 95,763 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 95,763 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 95,372 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 83,471 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 82,421 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 74,838 ha | -9.2% |
| 1996 | 75,754 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 74,700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 87,500 ha | +17.1% |
| 1999 | 71,400 ha | -18.4% |
| 2000 | 82,600 ha | +15.7% |
| 2001 | 102,021 ha | +23.5% |
| 2002 | 107,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 118,780 ha | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 115,832 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 122,705 ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 124,958 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 125,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 137,300 ha | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 144,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 146,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 148,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 143,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 143,100 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 137,041 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 138,085 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 140,374 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 142,192 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 142,045 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 146,272 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 152,932 ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 157,380 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 163,320 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 164,036 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 164,217 ha | +0.1% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 164,217 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 36,184 ha, 4.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 164,217 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,753 ha, 7.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Area harvested in Indonesia 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 | +28.7% | 73,170 ha | 94,178 ha |
| 1985 | -25.4% | 94,058 ha | 70,177 ha |
| 1986 | +25.2% | 70,177 ha | 87,872 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,889 ha | 65,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 85,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 86,810 ha | 70,177 ha | 94,178 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,698 ha | 71,400 ha | 95,763 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,120 ha | 82,600 ha | 144,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 142,681 ha | 137,041 ha | 148,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 160,377 ha | 152,932 ha | 164,217 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 1 India 949,403 ha compare
- 3 Myanmar 85,046 ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 39,657 ha compare
- 5 China 36,184 ha compare
- 5 China, Taiwan Province of 36,184 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — area harvested in Indonesia?
- Areca nuts — area harvested in Indonesia was 164,217 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 164,217 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Indonesia rank for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 2nd out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — area harvested rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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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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.