Areca nuts — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Areca nuts — Yield was 1,686 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Areca nuts — Yield in Thailand, 1983–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, areca nuts — yield in Thailand stood at 1,686 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — yield in Thailand peaked at 1,743 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,482 kg/ha, in 1989.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1,562 kg/ha | — |
| 1984 | 1,562 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 1,505 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,482 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1,629 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 1,624 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 1,624 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,619 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1,609 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,600 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,625 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,629 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,667 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1,636 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 1,538 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 1,643 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 1,562 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 1,621 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1,672 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1,692 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,688 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,696 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,667 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,708 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1,743 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,714 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 1,708 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,667 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,682 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,695 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,681 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,686 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,688 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,685 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,686 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,686 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,686 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,686 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,686 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1,686 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,066 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1,686 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,446 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,516 kg/ha | 1,482 kg/ha | 1,562 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 1,626 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,649 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha | 1,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,695 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 1,743 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,686 kg/ha | 1,686 kg/ha | 1,686 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — yield in Thailand?
- Areca nuts — yield in Thailand was 1,686 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,743 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,482 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Thailand rank for areca nuts — yield?
- Thailand ranks 9th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.