Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 2,499 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Tuvalu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tuvalu recorded 2,499 ha for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Tuvalu peaked at 3,900 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1973.
Tuvalu ranks 50th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,900 ha | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 2,600 ha | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 2,300 ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 2,900 ha | +38.1% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | -58.6% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +250.0% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | -68.6% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1978 | 3,800 ha | +192.3% |
| 1979 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | -47.4% |
| 1983 | 2,080 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 2,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 2,500 ha | +92.3% |
| 1992 | 1,724 ha | -31.0% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 1,525 ha | -23.8% |
| 1995 | 1,874 ha | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 1,919 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,800 ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 1,754 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 1,683 ha | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 1,668 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,600 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 1,674 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 1,675 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,692 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,699 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,626 ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 1,648 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,800 ha | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 1,659 ha | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 1,656 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,656 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,659 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,662 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,503 ha | +50.6% |
| 2020 | 2,505 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,499 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,494 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,497 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,499 ha | +0.1% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 2,499 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,224 ha, 78% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 2,499 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26,034 ha, 10% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Tuvalu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +250.0% | 1,000 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 1978 | +192.3% | 1,300 ha | 3,800 ha |
| 1991 | +92.3% | 1,300 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 1975 | -68.6% | 3,500 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 1972 | -58.6% | 2,900 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2019 | +50.6% | 1,662 ha | 2,503 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,000 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,180 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,158 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,790 ha | 1,300 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,669 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,772 ha | 1,626 ha | 2,503 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,499 ha | 2,494 ha | 2,505 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Tuvalu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -17.15 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1594 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 534.44 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3456 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.9% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.9% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2008)
- Rural population 34.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Tuvalu?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Tuvalu was 2,499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 3,900 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1973.
- How does Tuvalu rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Tuvalu ranks 50th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tuvalu data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — 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.