Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested was 117,562 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 117,562 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 118,140 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 46,765 ha, in 1970.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 53,000 ha | -11.7% |
| 1963 | 63,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 1964 | 58,245 ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 61,540 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 68,650 ha | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 71,340 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 63,665 ha | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 49,000 ha | -23.0% |
| 1970 | 46,765 ha | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 64,100 ha | +37.1% |
| 1972 | 76,265 ha | +19.0% |
| 1973 | 81,690 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 55,875 ha | -31.6% |
| 1975 | 80,225 ha | +43.6% |
| 1976 | 76,925 ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 91,195 ha | +18.6% |
| 1978 | 83,900 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 104,925 ha | +25.1% |
| 1980 | 96,950 ha | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 97,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 86,945 ha | -10.8% |
| 1983 | 100,540 ha | +15.6% |
| 1984 | 106,710 ha | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 90,160 ha | -15.5% |
| 1986 | 118,140 ha | +31.0% |
| 1987 | 89,800 ha | -24.0% |
| 1988 | 111,900 ha | +24.6% |
| 1989 | 100,520 ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 94,361 ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 114,651 ha | +21.5% |
| 1992 | 91,785 ha | -19.9% |
| 1993 | 91,482 ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 100,500 ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 88,000 ha | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 103,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1997 | 95,400 ha | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 99,100 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 101,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 105,484 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 105,406 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 102,483 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 103,128 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 103,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 55,986 ha | -46.1% |
| 2006 | 58,170 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 62,915 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 58,165 ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 60,309 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 58,599 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 68,140 ha | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 71,367 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 82,964 ha | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 97,601 ha | +17.6% |
| 2015 | 98,863 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 113,164 ha | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 115,424 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 115,935 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 111,243 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 112,804 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 112,336 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 113,429 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 116,307 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 117,562 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,938 ha | 49,000 ha | 71,340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 76,186 ha | 46,765 ha | 104,925 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,916 ha | 86,945 ha | 118,140 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,988 ha | 88,000 ha | 114,651 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 81,595 ha | 55,986 ha | 105,484 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,330 ha | 58,599 ha | 115,935 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114,488 ha | 112,336 ha | 117,562 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 117,562 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 118,140 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,765 ha in 1970.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 4 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.