Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 20,654 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 20,654 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 60.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 124,030 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 20,215 ha, in 2023.
That places Bhutan 155th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76,833 ha | 68,300 ha | 85,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 96,890 ha | 87,700 ha | 107,450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 112,757 ha | 93,040 ha | 124,030 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,914 ha | 94,799 ha | 110,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,228 ha | 51,405 ha | 95,467 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,628 ha | 33,515 ha | 65,794 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,981 ha | 20,215 ha | 30,104 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture share gdp 13.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 56.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 450,682 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 489.68 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2,050 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Bhutan was 20,654 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 124,030 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,215 ha in 2023.
- How does Bhutan rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 155th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.5%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.