Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 21.16 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 21.16 million ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Asia peaked at 25.78 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 17.57 million ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18.01 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 17.57 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 19.09 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 19.74 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 19.84 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 19.79 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 20.44 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 19.24 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 19.60 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 19.31 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 19.65 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 19.83 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 19.80 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 19.83 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 18.90 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 18.47 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 19.86 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 20.31 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 19.84 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 19.90 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 20.43 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 20.55 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 20.59 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 21.44 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 21.31 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 19.10 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 18.75 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 19.97 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 19.76 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 19.84 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 21.11 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 24.02 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 21.64 million ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 22.53 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 24.24 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 23.83 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 23.16 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 23.35 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 21.78 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 21.86 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 23.45 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 20.90 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 21.76 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 23.79 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 22.95 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 24.07 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 24.42 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 23.65 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 23.62 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 23.95 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 25.78 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 25.12 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 24.10 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 25.46 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 23.62 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 21.79 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 25.23 million ha | +15.8% |
| 2018 | 23.59 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 23.66 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 23.70 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 23.16 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 23.18 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 22.92 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 21.16 million ha | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.26 million ha | 17.57 million ha | 20.44 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.58 million ha | 18.47 million ha | 20.31 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.18 million ha | 18.75 million ha | 21.44 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.55 million ha | 19.84 million ha | 24.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.05 million ha | 20.90 million ha | 24.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.23 million ha | 21.79 million ha | 25.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.82 million ha | 21.16 million ha | 23.70 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Asia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Asia was 21.16 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.78 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.57 million ha in 1962.
- How does Asia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 15 regions with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.