Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 3,484 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Bhutan stood at 3,484 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and down 48.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 10,926 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,171 ha, in 2015.
Bhutan ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 5,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 5,550 ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 5,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 5,850 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 6,150 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 6,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 6,450 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 6,550 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 6,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 6,830 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 6,990 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 7,140 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 7,250 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 7,530 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 7,590 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 7,670 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 7,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 8,005 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 8,350 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 9,413 ha | +12.7% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 1986 | 8,700 ha | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 10,300 ha | +18.4% |
| 1988 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,700 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 10,926 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 10,670 ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 10,743 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 10,857 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 10,033 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 9,800 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 9,422 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 9,133 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 8,729 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 8,322 ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 6,707 ha | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 6,307 ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 6,407 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 5,949 ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 6,369 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 9,855 ha | +54.7% |
| 2006 | 10,062 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 9,629 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 8,059 ha | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 6,601 ha | -18.1% |
| 2010 | 8,370 ha | +26.8% |
| 2011 | 10,768 ha | +28.6% |
| 2012 | 7,681 ha | -28.7% |
| 2013 | 7,494 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 6,803 ha | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 3,171 ha | -53.4% |
| 2016 | 6,333 ha | +99.7% |
| 2017 | 4,656 ha | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 4,561 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,958 ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 4,546 ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 4,139 ha | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 3,696 ha | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 3,368 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 3,484 ha | +3.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 3,484 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 5% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 3,484 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 119,419 ha, 3% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +99.7% | 3,171 ha | 6,333 ha |
| 2015 | -53.4% | 6,803 ha | 3,171 ha |
| 2005 | +54.7% | 6,369 ha | 9,855 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,556 ha | 4,950 ha | 6,150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,928 ha | 6,250 ha | 7,590 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,914 ha | 7,670 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,864 ha | 8,322 ha | 10,926 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,594 ha | 5,949 ha | 10,062 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,480 ha | 3,171 ha | 10,768 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,847 ha | 3,368 ha | 4,546 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -11.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.068 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.5864 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Bhutan was 3,484 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 10,926 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,171 ha in 2015.
- How does Bhutan rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — 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.