Cereals, primary — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 53.92 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South-Eastern Asia recorded 53.92 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 58.54 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 33.92 million ha, in 1961.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33.92 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 36.16 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 34.72 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 37.22 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 36.26 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 38.45 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 36.55 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1968 | 38.50 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 37.68 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 38.35 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 38.30 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 36.29 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 39.78 million ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 39.10 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 40.51 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 40.09 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 41.13 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 42.77 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 41.60 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 43.57 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 44.25 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 42.20 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 44.36 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 44.61 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 45.55 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 45.56 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 43.82 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 46.96 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 47.33 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 46.40 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 45.69 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 47.52 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 46.67 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 47.16 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 48.99 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 49.86 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 49.51 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 49.88 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 52.23 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 51.93 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 51.91 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 51.02 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 52.38 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 53.22 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 54.09 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 54.78 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 55.31 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 57.25 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 57.45 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 58.54 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 57.86 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 58.51 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 58.09 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 57.71 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 55.89 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 55.08 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 56.68 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 56.36 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 54.21 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 53.58 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 54.02 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 54.27 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 53.79 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 53.92 million ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.61 million ha | 33.92 million ha | 38.50 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.79 million ha | 36.29 million ha | 42.77 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.82 million ha | 42.20 million ha | 47.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.39 million ha | 45.69 million ha | 52.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.93 million ha | 51.02 million ha | 57.45 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.89 million ha | 54.21 million ha | 58.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.92 million ha | 53.58 million ha | 54.27 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.35 million ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 16.06 million ha compare
- 12 Canada 15.83 million ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.02 million ha compare
- 13 Pakistan 15.45 million ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 12.59 million ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 885,160 ha compare
- 15 Thailand 12.53 million ha compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 808,105 ha compare
- 16 Bangladesh 12.27 million ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 62,493 ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 12.07 million ha compare
- 17 Melanesia 11,188 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia was 53.92 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 58.54 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.92 million ha in 1961.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.