Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 82 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Bhutan, 2013–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Bhutan is 82 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 70.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 274 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 82 ha, in 2024.
That places Bhutan 77th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 164 ha | — |
| 2014 | 274 ha | +67.1% |
| 2015 | 119 ha | -56.6% |
| 2016 | 113 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 130 ha | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 133 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 129 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 122 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 131 ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 92 ha | -29.8% |
| 2024 | 82 ha | -10.9% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 82 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 150,434 ha, 0% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 151.86 ha | 113 ha | 274 ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 111.2 ha | 82 ha | 131 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 74 Trinidad and Tobago 149 ha compare
- 75 Martinique 141 ha
- 76 Mauritius 107 ha compare
- 78 Puerto Rico 70 ha compare
- 79 Belize 62 ha compare
- 80 Samoa 38 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Bhutan was 82 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 274 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 82 ha in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 77th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — 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.