Cereals, primary — Production in Thailand
Thailand: Cereals, primary — Production was 38.64 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Thailand is 38.64 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Thailand peaked at 44.81 million t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10.77 million t, in 1961.
That places Thailand 17th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Thailand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.77 million t | — |
| 1962 | 11.94 million t | +10.8% |
| 1963 | 13.05 million t | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 12.56 million t | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 12.26 million t | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 14.76 million t | +20.4% |
| 1967 | 12.47 million t | -15.5% |
| 1968 | 13.80 million t | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 15.19 million t | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 15.86 million t | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 16.19 million t | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 13.83 million t | -14.6% |
| 1973 | 17.38 million t | +25.7% |
| 1974 | 16.14 million t | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 18.40 million t | +14.0% |
| 1976 | 17.90 million t | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 15.73 million t | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 20.49 million t | +30.2% |
| 1979 | 18.83 million t | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 20.61 million t | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 21.51 million t | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 20.13 million t | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 23.44 million t | +16.4% |
| 1984 | 24.52 million t | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 25.61 million t | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 23.40 million t | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 21.41 million t | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 26.17 million t | +22.2% |
| 1989 | 25.24 million t | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 21.17 million t | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 23.87 million t | +12.8% |
| 1992 | 24.13 million t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 22.67 million t | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 24.36 million t | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 25.08 million t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 26.88 million t | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 27.38 million t | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 28.27 million t | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 27.84 million t | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 29.63 million t | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 33.19 million t | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 32.00 million t | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 34.39 million t | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 33.85 million t | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 34.09 million t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 34.08 million t | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 34.67 million t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 36.98 million t | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 36.91 million t | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 39.94 million t | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 41.47 million t | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 44.81 million t | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 43.13 million t | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 41.18 million t | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 34.85 million t | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 33.17 million t | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 36.83 million t | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 38.65 million t | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 36.23 million t | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 36.46 million t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 37.47 million t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 38.09 million t | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 38.99 million t | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 38.64 million t | -0.9% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 38.64 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.20 million t, 32.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 38.64 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.75 million t, 5.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.98 million t | 10.77 million t | 15.19 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.07 million t | 13.83 million t | 20.49 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.21 million t | 20.13 million t | 26.17 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.16 million t | 21.17 million t | 28.27 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.98 million t | 29.63 million t | 36.98 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.03 million t | 33.17 million t | 44.81 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.93 million t | 36.46 million t | 38.99 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.49 million t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 million t compare
- 15 Australia 52.35 million t compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 2.13 million t compare
- 16 Germany 38.98 million t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 132,000 t compare
- 17 Melanesia 40,947 t compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 289.81 t compare
- 18 Poland 34.35 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia 289.81 t compare
- 19 Mexico 32.64 million t compare
- 20 Ethiopia 31.76 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.7811 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3257 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.755 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3369 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Thailand?
- Cereals, primary — production in Thailand was 38.64 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 44.81 million t in 2012.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.77 million t in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Thailand ranks 17th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Production. 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.