Areca nuts — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Areca nuts — Area harvested was 1.01 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1.01 million ha for areca nuts — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 107.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 1.01 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 180,903 ha, in 1967.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 201,670 ha | 180,903 ha | 217,603 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 213,897 ha | 200,803 ha | 226,541 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 223,991 ha | 216,830 ha | 239,114 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 286,854 ha | 249,692 ha | 364,021 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 407,949 ha | 350,108 ha | 455,941 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 498,439 ha | 436,249 ha | 582,698 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 919,987 ha | 808,874 ha | 1.01 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 1 India 949,403 ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 164,217 ha compare
- 3 Myanmar 85,046 ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 39,657 ha compare
- 5 China, People's Republic of 36,184 ha compare
- 5 China, Taiwan Province of 36,184 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 25.92 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 39.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.07 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.04 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 522,889 ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 459.10 million An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 9,595 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 21.49 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,863 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.55 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Areca nuts — area harvested in Southern Asia was 1.01 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,903 ha in 1967.
- How does Southern Asia rank for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 6 regions with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.