Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 10,322 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, ginger, raw — area harvested in Thailand stood at 10,322 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 13,533 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2,900 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 8th out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 3,150 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 3,300 ha | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 3,450 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 3,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 3,850 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 4,150 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 4,300 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 4,582 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 4,629 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 6,103 ha | +31.8% |
| 1976 | 4,770 ha | -21.8% |
| 1977 | 5,698 ha | +19.5% |
| 1978 | 6,510 ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 6,031 ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 6,050 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 6,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,150 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 6,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 6,250 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 8,000 ha | +28.0% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 9,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 11,000 ha | +14.6% |
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 8,499 ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 8,653 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 8,288 ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 8,590 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 8,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 8,111 ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 9,927 ha | +22.4% |
| 2002 | 13,533 ha | +36.3% |
| 2003 | 10,042 ha | -25.8% |
| 2004 | 6,673 ha | -33.5% |
| 2005 | 7,855 ha | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 8,208 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 9,048 ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 9,855 ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 10,081 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 10,248 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 9,757 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 9,592 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 9,730 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 9,693 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 9,656 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 9,843 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 9,952 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 10,107 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 10,273 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 10,451 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 10,277 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 10,334 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 10,354 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,322 ha | -0.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 10,322 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 520.5 ha, 19.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 10,322 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,718 ha, 2.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -33.5% | 10,042 ha | 6,673 ha |
| 2002 | +36.3% | 9,927 ha | 13,533 ha |
| 1975 | +31.8% | 4,629 ha | 6,103 ha |
| 2003 | -25.8% | 13,533 ha | 10,042 ha |
| 1988 | +28.0% | 6,250 ha | 8,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,439 ha | 2,900 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,117 ha | 4,150 ha | 6,510 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,490 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,113 ha | 8,288 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,333 ha | 6,673 ha | 13,533 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,885 ha | 9,592 ha | 10,273 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,348 ha | 10,277 ha | 10,451 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ginger, raw — area harvested in Thailand?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Thailand was 10,322 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 13,533 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 8th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Ginger, raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.