Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 1,236 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
1,236 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
24th
of 24 groups
All-time high
1,370 ha
in 1988
All-time low
1,060 ha
in 2004
Years of data
37
1988–2024

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1988–2024

05001.0k1.5k1988200620241988: 1.4k ha1989: 1.4k ha1990: 1.4k ha1991: 1.4k ha1992: 1.4k ha1993: 1.4k ha1994: 1.4k ha1995: 1.4k ha1996: 1.4k ha1997: 1.4k ha1998: 1.4k ha1999: 1.4k ha2000: 1.4k ha2001: 1.4k ha2002: 1.1k ha2003: 1.1k ha2004: 1.1k ha2005: 1.1k ha2006: 1.1k ha2007: 1.1k ha2008: 1.1k ha2009: 1.1k ha2010: 1.1k ha2011: 1.1k ha2012: 1.2k ha2013: 1.2k ha2014: 1.3k ha2015: 1.1k ha2016: 1.2k ha2017: 1.2k ha2018: 1.2k ha2019: 1.2k ha2020: 1.2k ha2021: 1.2k ha2022: 1.2k ha2023: 1.2k ha2024: 1.2k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 1,236 ha.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 1,370 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1,060 ha, in 2004.

That places Southern Asia 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1,370 ha 1,370 ha 1,370 ha 2
1990s 1,370 ha 1,370 ha 1,370 ha 10
2000s 1,150 ha 1,060 ha 1,370 ha 10
2010s 1,195 ha 1,100 ha 1,294 ha 10
2020s 1,225 ha 1,211 ha 1,236 ha 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 21 Sierra Leone 17,550 ha compare
  2. 22 Tunisia 17,377 ha compare
  3. 23 Hungary 14,730 ha compare
  4. 24 Republic of Korea 11,070 ha compare
  5. 25 Peru 9,651 ha compare
  6. 26 Austria 9,330 ha compare
  7. 27 Belarus 7,598 ha compare

See the full ranking of 99 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Asia?
Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Asia was 1,236 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 Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 1,370 ha in 1988.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,060 ha in 2004.
How does Southern Asia rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
Southern Asia ranks 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Southern 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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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.