Areca nuts — Production in Indonesia
Indonesia: Areca nuts — Production was 75,265 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Areca nuts — Production in Indonesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for areca nuts — production in Indonesia is 75,265 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — production in Indonesia peaked at 184,300 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13,000 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Areca nuts — Production in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 17,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 18,765 t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 19,482 t | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 20,666 t | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 19,259 t | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 18,355 t | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 20,934 t | +14.1% |
| 1990 | 65,723 t | +214.0% |
| 1991 | 65,177 t | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 63,470 t | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 65,670 t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 86,305 t | +31.4% |
| 1995 | 91,802 t | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 93,717 t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 91,714 t | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 107,142 t | +16.8% |
| 1999 | 95,714 t | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 107,428 t | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 130,268 t | +21.3% |
| 2002 | 120,880 t | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 133,714 t | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 125,725 t | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 143,362 t | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 153,005 t | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 161,274 t | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 168,494 t | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 177,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 184,300 t | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 183,100 t | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 180,000 t | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 122,285 t | -32.1% |
| 2014 | 46,972 t | -61.6% |
| 2015 | 59,661 t | +27.0% |
| 2016 | 58,084 t | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 61,785 t | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 62,133 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 65,296 t | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 66,738 t | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 83,911 t | +25.7% |
| 2022 | 88,507 t | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 72,984 t | -17.5% |
| 2024 | 75,265 t | +3.1% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 75,265 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 75,265 t, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 75,265 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 54,569 t, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +214.0% | 20,934 t | 65,723 t |
| 2014 | -61.6% | 122,285 t | 46,972 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,778 t | 13,000 t | 15,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,000 t | 15,000 t | 17,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,846 t | 17,000 t | 20,934 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,643 t | 63,470 t | 107,142 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 142,115 t | 107,428 t | 177,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,362 t | 46,972 t | 184,300 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,481 t | 66,738 t | 88,507 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
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 — production in Indonesia?
- Areca nuts — production in Indonesia was 75,265 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — production recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 184,300 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — production recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,000 t in 1961.
- How does Indonesia rank for areca nuts — production?
- Indonesia ranks 6th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — production rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Production. 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.