Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 2.45 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 2.45 million ha for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.2% on the previous year and up 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 2.45 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 171,500 ha, in 1983.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 288,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 313,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 335,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 355,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 348,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 335,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 348,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 493,200 ha | +41.7% |
| 1969 | 464,700 ha | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 510,348 ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 564,500 ha | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 554,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 634,500 ha | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 575,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1975 | 525,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1976 | 366,000 ha | -30.3% |
| 1977 | 348,146 ha | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 259,000 ha | -25.6% |
| 1979 | 255,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 241,500 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 277,100 ha | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 242,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 171,500 ha | -29.3% |
| 1984 | 189,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 179,900 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 174,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 183,750 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 204,250 ha | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 241,800 ha | +18.4% |
| 1990 | 203,450 ha | -15.9% |
| 1991 | 241,106 ha | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 298,211 ha | +23.7% |
| 1993 | 268,529 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 284,422 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 351,474 ha | +23.6% |
| 1996 | 423,516 ha | +20.5% |
| 1997 | 489,909 ha | +15.7% |
| 1998 | 536,470 ha | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 621,060 ha | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 670,026 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 727,324 ha | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 765,724 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 802,842 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 814,244 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 760,651 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 894,893 ha | +17.6% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million ha | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 1.04 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1.37 million ha | +31.1% |
| 2010 | 1.03 million ha | -24.8% |
| 2011 | 1.41 million ha | +37.0% |
| 2012 | 1.37 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 1.54 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 1.57 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 1.70 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 1.32 million ha | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 1.51 million ha | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 2.15 million ha | +42.9% |
| 2019 | 1.54 million ha | -28.3% |
| 2020 | 1.58 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.63 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1.87 million ha | +14.8% |
| 2023 | 2.04 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 2.45 million ha | +20.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 364,433 ha | 288,000 ha | 493,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 459,249 ha | 255,500 ha | 634,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 210,530 ha | 171,500 ha | 277,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 371,815 ha | 203,450 ha | 621,060 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 886,373 ha | 670,026 ha | 1.37 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 2.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.91 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 2.45 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 2.45 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.45 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 171,500 ha in 1983.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st out of 6 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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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.