Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 86 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Bhutan is 86 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 104 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Bhutan ranks 107th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 9 ha | — |
| 1968 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 18 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 1986 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 75 ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 90 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 97 ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 85 ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 84 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 90 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 87 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 88 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 90 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 88 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 89 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 104 ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 88 ha | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 75 ha | -14.8% |
| 2013 | 78 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 84 ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 85 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 86 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.22 ha | 0 ha | 10 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.1 ha | 15 ha | 20 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.5 ha | 20 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.6 ha | 84 ha | 97 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.3 ha | 88 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.8 ha | 75 ha | 104 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 86 ha | 86 ha | 86 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Bhutan was 86 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 104 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 107th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.