Fruit Primary — Production in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Fruit Primary — Production was 151.12 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
151.12 million t
Change on year
up 2.0%
Rank
4th
of 29 groups
All-time high
151.12 million t
in 2024
All-time low
19.06 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Southern Asia recorded 151.12 million t for fruit primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Southern Asia peaked at 151.12 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.06 million t, in 1961.

Southern Asia ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Fruit Primary — Production in Southern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Production in Southern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 19.06 million t —
1962 19.68 million t +3.3%
1963 19.97 million t +1.5%
1964 20.69 million t +3.6%
1965 21.78 million t +5.3%
1966 22.71 million t +4.3%
1967 23.68 million t +4.3%
1968 24.09 million t +1.7%
1969 24.00 million t -0.4%
1970 23.81 million t -0.8%
1971 24.80 million t +4.1%
1972 25.16 million t +1.4%
1973 25.84 million t +2.7%
1974 26.86 million t +3.9%
1975 27.59 million t +2.7%
1976 28.89 million t +4.7%
1977 29.43 million t +1.9%
1978 30.52 million t +3.7%
1979 32.00 million t +4.8%
1980 33.56 million t +4.9%
1981 34.94 million t +4.1%
1982 36.13 million t +3.4%
1983 38.06 million t +5.3%
1984 41.24 million t +8.4%
1985 42.38 million t +2.8%
1986 45.92 million t +8.4%
1987 45.03 million t -1.9%
1988 42.09 million t -6.5%
1989 43.36 million t +3.0%
1990 48.45 million t +11.7%
1991 47.09 million t -2.8%
1992 49.31 million t +4.7%
1993 54.94 million t +11.4%
1994 57.79 million t +5.2%
1995 57.60 million t -0.3%
1996 62.25 million t +8.1%
1997 66.45 million t +6.8%
1998 70.72 million t +6.4%
1999 71.50 million t +1.1%
2000 67.74 million t -5.3%
2001 70.02 million t +3.4%
2002 69.22 million t -1.1%
2003 72.17 million t +4.3%
2004 77.85 million t +7.9%
2005 85.19 million t +9.4%
2006 90.09 million t +5.7%
2007 98.38 million t +9.2%
2008 101.36 million t +3.0%
2009 102.58 million t +1.2%
2010 110.18 million t +7.4%
2011 106.80 million t -3.1%
2012 109.00 million t +2.1%
2013 117.95 million t +8.2%
2014 123.56 million t +4.8%
2015 124.51 million t +0.8%
2016 125.50 million t +0.8%
2017 126.94 million t +1.2%
2018 129.81 million t +2.3%
2019 135.01 million t +4.0%
2020 139.32 million t +3.2%
2021 140.69 million t +1.0%
2022 144.09 million t +2.4%
2023 148.16 million t +2.8%
2024 151.12 million t +2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 21.74 million t 19.06 million t 24.09 million t 9
1970s 27.49 million t 23.81 million t 32.00 million t 10
1980s 40.27 million t 33.56 million t 45.92 million t 10
1990s 58.61 million t 47.09 million t 71.50 million t 10
2000s 83.46 million t 67.74 million t 102.58 million t 10
2010s 120.93 million t 106.80 million t 135.01 million t 10
2020s 144.68 million t 139.32 million t 151.12 million t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 1 China 276.49 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 274.01 million t compare
  3. 3 India 112.91 million t compare
  4. 3 Türkiye 25.67 million t compare
  5. 4 Brazil 41.57 million t compare
  6. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.99 million t compare
  7. 5 Mexico 25.64 million t compare
  8. 6 Indonesia 25.03 million t compare
  9. 7 Italy 17.52 million t compare
  10. 7 Viet Nam 12.65 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — production in Southern Asia?
Fruit primary — production in Southern Asia was 151.12 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 151.12 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 19.06 million t in 1961.
How does Southern Asia rank for fruit primary — production?
Southern Asia ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fruit Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 14,012 data points, 1961–2024
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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.