Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 1.21 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Southern Asia is 1.21 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 1.21 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 200,000 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 215,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 230,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 241,314 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 249,024 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 257,107 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 265,698 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 281,171 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 302,732 ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 320,034 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 328,294 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 350,887 ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 361,443 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 374,653 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 375,702 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 385,895 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 419,692 ha | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 473,376 ha | +12.8% |
| 1981 | 489,465 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 506,043 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 512,492 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 521,953 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 536,768 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 544,379 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 549,998 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 556,895 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 557,287 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 556,869 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 556,849 ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 557,549 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 584,504 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 588,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 596,588 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 655,807 ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 680,141 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 695,640 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 727,200 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 709,060 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 723,580 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 773,750 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 792,390 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 802,640 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 842,790 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 856,950 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 875,890 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 890,470 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 914,840 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 945,710 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 976,290 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.00 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.01 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.03 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.05 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 999,014 ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 1.08 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1.12 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.17 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.21 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1.21 million ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 230,349 ha | 200,000 ha | 265,698 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350,050 ha | 281,171 ha | 419,692 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 524,866 ha | 473,376 ha | 557,287 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 619,915 ha | 556,849 ha | 727,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 818,236 ha | 709,060 ha | 914,840 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 945,710 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 5 Ghana 408,433 ha compare
- 6 Nigeria 170,224 ha compare
- 7 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 8 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 124,274 ha compare
- 10 Mali 69,309 ha compare
- 11 Guinea 34,475 ha compare
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 32.32 million t (2024)
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 15.50 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 11,729 kg/ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 1.32 million ha (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production 130,062 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Southern Asia was 1.21 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 200,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.