Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 1.99 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 1.99 million ha for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Asia peaked at 1.99 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 203,500 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 203,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 209,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 223,100 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 222,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 237,600 ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 250,514 ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 258,824 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 267,107 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 275,798 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 292,269 ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 314,610 ha | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 332,304 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 340,582 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 366,246 ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 435,912 ha | +19.0% |
| 1976 | 463,692 ha | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 466,796 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 487,021 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 524,914 ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 609,396 ha | +16.1% |
| 1981 | 650,732 ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 724,334 ha | +11.3% |
| 1983 | 752,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 797,258 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 752,998 ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 797,833 ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 818,645 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 814,002 ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 814,421 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 864,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 921,277 ha | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 799,049 ha | -13.3% |
| 1993 | 874,184 ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 919,348 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 938,568 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 1.05 million ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 1.36 million ha | +29.7% |
| 1998 | 1.43 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 1.49 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 1.48 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1.50 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.58 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 1.61 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.64 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.72 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 1.77 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 1.81 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 1.85 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.89 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1.92 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1.94 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1.95 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.92 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.90 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1.91 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.90 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.83 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 1.92 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 1.94 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.96 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.99 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.99 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.99 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.99 million ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +29.7% | 1.05 million ha | 1.36 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238,660 ha | 203,500 ha | 275,798 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 402,435 ha | 292,269 ha | 524,914 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 753,252 ha | 609,396 ha | 818,645 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 799,049 ha | 1.49 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.69 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 1.89 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.91 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.98 million ha | 1.96 million ha | 1.99 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Asia?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Asia was 1.99 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.99 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 203,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 6 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.