Ginger, raw — Area harvested in World
World: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 437,652 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — area harvested in World is 437,652 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in World peaked at 461,964 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 31,408 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,408 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,122 ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 35,513 ha | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 36,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 35,931 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 37,821 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 36,113 ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 36,263 ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 37,347 ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 39,281 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 42,355 ha | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 41,853 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 44,871 ha | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 44,849 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 52,375 ha | +16.8% |
| 1976 | 50,245 ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 61,715 ha | +22.8% |
| 1978 | 66,727 ha | +8.1% |
| 1979 | 73,214 ha | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 69,091 ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 73,994 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 79,046 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 88,581 ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 100,321 ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 106,210 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 121,897 ha | +14.8% |
| 1987 | 136,283 ha | +11.8% |
| 1988 | 150,933 ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 165,628 ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 185,891 ha | +12.2% |
| 1991 | 212,368 ha | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 226,594 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 237,141 ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 277,558 ha | +17.0% |
| 1995 | 301,356 ha | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 291,931 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 299,298 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 310,791 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 298,237 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 293,765 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 302,497 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 323,193 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 331,323 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 329,794 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 354,114 ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 388,257 ha | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 243,667 ha | -37.2% |
| 2008 | 251,561 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 261,798 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 264,532 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 315,247 ha | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 368,755 ha | +17.0% |
| 2013 | 376,820 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 313,829 ha | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 348,933 ha | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 391,253 ha | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 403,935 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 391,897 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 398,298 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 429,259 ha | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 461,964 ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 460,809 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 435,333 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 437,652 ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — Area harvested in World 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -37.2% | 388,257 ha | 243,667 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,535 ha | 31,408 ha | 37,821 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,748 ha | 39,281 ha | 73,214 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109,198 ha | 69,091 ha | 165,628 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 264,116 ha | 185,891 ha | 310,791 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 307,997 ha | 243,667 ha | 388,257 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 357,350 ha | 264,532 ha | 403,935 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 445,003 ha | 429,259 ha | 461,964 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ginger, raw — area harvested in World?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in World was 437,652 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 461,964 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,408 ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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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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.