Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 2.47 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 2.47 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 20.0% on the previous year and up 55.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 2.47 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 190,500 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 295,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 330,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1963 | 352,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 378,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 371,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 360,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 379,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 514,200 ha | +35.7% |
| 1969 | 481,700 ha | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 575,348 ha | +19.4% |
| 1971 | 611,500 ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 586,500 ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 676,500 ha | +15.3% |
| 1974 | 617,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 587,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 436,000 ha | -25.7% |
| 1977 | 430,146 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 341,000 ha | -20.7% |
| 1979 | 304,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 281,500 ha | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 314,100 ha | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 270,500 ha | -13.9% |
| 1983 | 190,500 ha | -29.6% |
| 1984 | 218,000 ha | +14.4% |
| 1985 | 200,900 ha | -7.8% |
| 1986 | 200,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 204,750 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 236,250 ha | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 273,800 ha | +15.9% |
| 1990 | 222,450 ha | -18.8% |
| 1991 | 272,106 ha | +22.3% |
| 1992 | 323,334 ha | +18.8% |
| 1993 | 287,729 ha | -11.0% |
| 1994 | 299,122 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 364,052 ha | +21.7% |
| 1996 | 451,703 ha | +24.1% |
| 1997 | 518,009 ha | +14.7% |
| 1998 | 564,340 ha | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 649,532 ha | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 702,226 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 755,030 ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 790,310 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 827,292 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 841,657 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 788,350 ha | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 922,473 ha | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 1.04 million ha | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 1.07 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1.40 million ha | +30.1% |
| 2010 | 1.06 million ha | -24.4% |
| 2011 | 1.44 million ha | +36.2% |
| 2012 | 1.39 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.55 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 1.59 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 1.72 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 1.34 million ha | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 1.53 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 2.17 million ha | +42.2% |
| 2019 | 1.56 million ha | -28.0% |
| 2020 | 1.60 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.65 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1.89 million ha | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 2.06 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 2.47 million ha | +20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 384,544 ha | 295,000 ha | 514,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 516,549 ha | 304,500 ha | 676,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 239,030 ha | 190,500 ha | 314,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 395,238 ha | 222,450 ha | 649,532 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 913,776 ha | 702,226 ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.54 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 2.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.93 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 2.47 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 2 Benin 487,479 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 450,237 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 1.33 million ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 439,322 ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 283,758 ha compare
- 5 Ghana 408,433 ha compare
- 6 Nigeria 170,224 ha compare
- 7 Côte d'Ivoire 1.43 million ha compare
- 7 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 8 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 2.47 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.47 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 190,500 ha in 1983.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.