Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 716 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Thailand stood at 716 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 11,500 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 672 ha, in 2016.
That places Thailand 45th out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 11,500 ha | +30.7% |
| 1964 | 8,960 ha | -22.1% |
| 1965 | 9,280 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 9,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 9,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 9,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 9,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 10,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 10,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 10,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 10,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,600 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 10,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,083 ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 7,599 ha | -24.6% |
| 1992 | 8,962 ha | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 8,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 7,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 5,500 ha | -15.4% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,051 ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 5,089 ha | +25.6% |
| 2002 | 5,048 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 4,573 ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 3,997 ha | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 2,167 ha | -45.8% |
| 2006 | 1,940 ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 2,084 ha | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 1,947 ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 2,034 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 2,223 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 1,407 ha | -36.7% |
| 2012 | 864 ha | -38.6% |
| 2013 | 733 ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 820 ha | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 730 ha | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 672 ha | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 741 ha | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 714 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 709 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 721 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 715 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 715 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 717 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 716 ha | -0.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 716 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,258 ha, 57% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 716 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,866 ha, 38% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | -45.8% | 3,997 ha | 2,167 ha |
| 2012 | -38.6% | 1,407 ha | 864 ha |
| 2011 | -36.7% | 2,223 ha | 1,407 ha |
| 1963 | +30.7% | 8,800 ha | 11,500 ha |
| 2001 | +25.6% | 4,051 ha | 5,089 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,471 ha | 8,700 ha | 11,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,090 ha | 9,600 ha | 10,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,490 ha | 10,400 ha | 10,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,114 ha | 5,000 ha | 10,083 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,293 ha | 1,940 ha | 5,089 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 961.3 ha | 672 ha | 2,223 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 716.8 ha | 715 ha | 721 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Thailand?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Thailand was 716 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 11,500 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 672 ha in 2016.
- How does Thailand rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 45th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.