Areca nuts — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Areca nuts — Area harvested was 128,784 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, areca nuts — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 128,784 ha.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 131,121 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 59,853 ha, in 1968.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93,931 ha | — |
| 1962 | 93,527 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 94,745 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 95,888 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 91,435 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 65,135 ha | -28.8% |
| 1967 | 59,944 ha | -8.0% |
| 1968 | 59,853 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 63,967 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 63,977 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 64,786 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 62,774 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 63,068 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 63,016 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 63,336 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 63,049 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 63,692 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 62,209 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 62,661 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 62,654 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 62,907 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 61,668 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 62,313 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 63,082 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 62,059 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 61,845 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 62,933 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 63,748 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 63,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 65,041 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 66,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 66,842 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 66,508 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 66,500 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 67,450 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 67,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 67,950 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 68,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 108,991 ha | +60.3% |
| 2000 | 88,699 ha | -18.6% |
| 2001 | 114,577 ha | +29.2% |
| 2002 | 114,746 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 117,196 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 119,774 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 68,099 ha | -43.1% |
| 2006 | 70,724 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 70,854 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 70,884 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 72,098 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 75,264 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 77,006 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 99,429 ha | +29.1% |
| 2013 | 83,926 ha | -15.6% |
| 2014 | 88,727 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 86,113 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 88,791 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 95,043 ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 111,954 ha | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 118,314 ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 122,286 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 131,121 ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 128,336 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 129,973 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 128,784 ha | -0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +60.3% | 68,000 ha | 108,991 ha |
| 2005 | -43.1% | 119,774 ha | 68,099 ha |
| 1966 | -28.8% | 91,435 ha | 65,135 ha |
| 2001 | +29.2% | 88,699 ha | 114,577 ha |
| 2012 | +29.1% | 77,006 ha | 99,429 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79,825 ha | 59,853 ha | 95,888 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,257 ha | 62,209 ha | 64,786 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,671 ha | 61,668 ha | 63,748 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,118 ha | 65,041 ha | 108,991 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,765 ha | 68,099 ha | 119,774 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,457 ha | 75,264 ha | 118,314 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 128,100 ha | 122,286 ha | 131,121 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Areca nuts — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 128,784 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 131,121 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,853 ha in 1968.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 3 groups with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.