Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 15.11 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 15.11 million ha.
The figure is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 17.76 million ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.12 million ha, in 1976.
Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12.01 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 11.92 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 12.46 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 12.41 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 12.24 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 12.10 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 12.76 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 11.77 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 12.24 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 11.99 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 12.17 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 12.20 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 12.13 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 11.88 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 11.35 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 11.12 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 12.24 million ha | +10.1% |
| 1978 | 12.71 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 12.61 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 12.25 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 12.49 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 12.18 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 12.00 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 11.87 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 12.74 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 12.01 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 11.12 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 11.75 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 12.15 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 12.04 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 12.57 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 12.23 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 11.80 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 12.38 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 13.86 million ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 14.31 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 13.85 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 14.09 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 13.44 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 13.30 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 14.02 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 12.17 million ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 12.22 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 13.52 million ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 13.31 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 13.74 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 14.05 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 13.76 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 14.93 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 15.32 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 16.85 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 16.76 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 16.23 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 17.76 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 16.51 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 15.04 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 16.86 million ha | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 16.70 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 16.85 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 17.17 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 16.84 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 16.73 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 16.80 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 15.11 million ha | -10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.21 million ha | 11.77 million ha | 12.76 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.04 million ha | 11.12 million ha | 12.71 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.06 million ha | 11.12 million ha | 12.74 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.06 million ha | 11.80 million ha | 14.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.50 million ha | 12.17 million ha | 14.93 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.49 million ha | 15.04 million ha | 17.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.53 million ha | 15.11 million ha | 17.17 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia was 15.11 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.76 million ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.12 million ha in 1976.
- How does Southern Asia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.