Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 243,908 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 243,908 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Asia peaked at 550,311 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 38,900 ha, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +54.2% |
| 1964 | 67,400 ha | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 50,800 ha | -24.6% |
| 1966 | 68,000 ha | +33.9% |
| 1967 | 62,600 ha | -7.9% |
| 1968 | 65,775 ha | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 75,677 ha | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 70,465 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 52,382 ha | -25.7% |
| 1972 | 45,035 ha | -14.0% |
| 1973 | 53,696 ha | +19.2% |
| 1974 | 68,704 ha | +27.9% |
| 1975 | 67,882 ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 65,031 ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 59,621 ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 59,576 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 58,631 ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 71,051 ha | +21.2% |
| 1981 | 58,383 ha | -17.8% |
| 1982 | 64,772 ha | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 68,426 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 70,986 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 69,235 ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 71,362 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 67,302 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 46,702 ha | -30.6% |
| 1989 | 53,966 ha | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 52,056 ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 49,295 ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 135,079 ha | +174.0% |
| 1993 | 106,346 ha | -21.3% |
| 1994 | 99,061 ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 123,378 ha | +24.5% |
| 1996 | 107,990 ha | -12.5% |
| 1997 | 86,112 ha | -20.3% |
| 1998 | 80,218 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 136,646 ha | +70.3% |
| 2000 | 103,778 ha | -24.1% |
| 2001 | 115,021 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 116,887 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 117,291 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 117,176 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 133,488 ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 143,479 ha | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 180,829 ha | +26.0% |
| 2008 | 170,137 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 231,340 ha | +36.0% |
| 2010 | 254,696 ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 350,902 ha | +37.8% |
| 2012 | 371,277 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 355,849 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 350,575 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 550,311 ha | +57.0% |
| 2016 | 403,822 ha | -26.6% |
| 2017 | 357,810 ha | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 247,217 ha | -30.9% |
| 2019 | 252,824 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 267,381 ha | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 248,195 ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 242,561 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 242,698 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 243,908 ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +174.0% | 49,295 ha | 135,079 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,784 ha | 38,900 ha | 75,677 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,102 ha | 45,035 ha | 70,465 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,218 ha | 46,702 ha | 71,362 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,618 ha | 49,295 ha | 136,646 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 142,943 ha | 103,778 ha | 231,340 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 349,528 ha | 247,217 ha | 550,311 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 248,949 ha | 242,561 ha | 267,381 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Asia?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Asia was 243,908 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 550,311 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,900 ha in 1962.
- How does Asia rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 3rd out of 6 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — 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.