Areca nuts — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Areca nuts — Yield was 10,875 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Areca nuts — Yield in Bhutan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, areca nuts — yield in Bhutan stood at 10,875 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — yield in Bhutan peaked at 10,875 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 8,929 kg/ha | +792.9% |
| 1992 | 8,988 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 9,004 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 9,019 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 9,034 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 9,062 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 9,060 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 9,069 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 9,076 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 9,118 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 9,068 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 9,054 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 9,039 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 9,025 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 8,940 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 9,024 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 9,041 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 9,061 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 9,086 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 9,100 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 9,134 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 9,148 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 9,162 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 9,171 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 9,203 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 9,162 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 9,022 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 8,289 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 9,221 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 9,874 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 10,390 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 6,784 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 2023 | 9,626 kg/ha | +41.9% |
| 2024 | 10,875 kg/ha | +13.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 10,875 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 3,695 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 10,875 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,622 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +792.9% | 1,000 kg/ha | 8,929 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +41.9% | 6,784 kg/ha | 9,626 kg/ha |
| 2022 | -34.7% | 10,390 kg/ha | 6,784 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,224 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9,076 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,046 kg/ha | 8,940 kg/ha | 9,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,061 kg/ha | 8,289 kg/ha | 9,221 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,510 kg/ha | 6,784 kg/ha | 10,875 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — yield in Bhutan?
- Areca nuts — yield in Bhutan was 10,875 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 10,875 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Bhutan rank for areca nuts — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 1st out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Areca nuts — Yield. 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.