Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested is currently reported for 124 countries. The highest value is 5.66 million ha in India; the lowest is 0 ha in Cabo Verde.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,950 ha, and the mean is 297,606 ha.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 590.9%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 100.0%).
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 5.66 million ha | 2024 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 2 | China | 4.87 million ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 4.86 million ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3.45 million ha | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 5 | Sudan | 2.45 million ha | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 6 | Sudan (former) | 1.70 million ha | 2011 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 7 | Senegal | 1.27 million ha | 2024 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 8 | Myanmar | 1.23 million ha | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 1.04 million ha | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 950,000 ha | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Guinea | 880,000 ha | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Chad | 756,261 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 730,410 ha | 2024 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Mozambique | 591,338 ha | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 540,000 ha | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 16 | Mali | 526,150 ha | 2024 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 515,000 ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 431,991 ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 400,000 ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 20 | Ghana | 370,000 ha | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Angola | 369,237 ha | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Uganda | 330,000 ha | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 281,563 ha | 2024 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 24 | South Sudan | 268,466 ha | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 25 | Benin | 236,816 ha | 2024 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 26 | Indonesia | 185,439 ha | 2024 | down 62.9% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 165,000 ha | 2024 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 148,103 ha | 2024 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 143,805 ha | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 130,659 ha | 2024 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Zambia | 129,357 ha | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 125,530 ha | 2024 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 88,892 ha | 2024 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 85,000 ha | 2024 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Egypt | 72,882 ha | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Madagascar | 70,192 ha | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 37 | Togo | 61,000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Türkiye | 57,642 ha | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 39 | Gambia | 51,463 ha | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 40 | Caribbean | 50,979 ha | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 50,166 ha | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Congo | 49,569 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia PDR | 43,000 ha | 1992 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 44 | Haiti | 42,867 ha | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Mexico | 40,071 ha | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 39,081 ha | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 47 | Gabon | 31,423 ha | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Rwanda | 30,663 ha | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Philippines | 27,530 ha | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 50 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 19,153 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 51 | China, Taiwan Province of | 19,000 ha | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Burundi | 18,816 ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 17,830 ha | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 54 | Paraguay | 15,000 ha | 2024 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 55 | Kenya | 14,630 ha | 2024 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 56 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 13,175 ha | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 10,783 ha | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Cambodia | 10,000 ha | 2024 | down 43.2% | flat |
| 59 | Morocco | 8,825 ha | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Liberia | 8,242 ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 61 | Libya | 8,080 ha | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 62 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8,047 ha | 2024 | up 33.4% | falling |
| 63 | Somalia | 7,852 ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 5,827 ha | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Algeria | 5,700 ha | 2024 | up 152.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Comoros | 5,600 ha | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Japan | 5,560 ha | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Eswatini | 4,935 ha | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 69 | Australia | 4,826 ha | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Australia and New Zealand | 4,826 ha | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Timor-Leste | 4,076 ha | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Republic of Korea | 4,000 ha | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Melanesia | 3,550 ha | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 3,506 ha | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Uruguay | 3,437 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Peru | 3,327 ha | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Eritrea | 3,071 ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 2,944 ha | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 79 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,514 ha | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Israel | 2,400 ha | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 81 | Guatemala | 2,300 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 2,179 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 83 | Tonga | 2,030 ha | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 83 | Polynesia | 2,030 ha | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 85 | Yemen | 2,024 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 86 | Namibia | 1,878 ha | 2024 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 1,777 ha | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 88 | Iraq | 1,662 ha | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 1,622 ha | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 90 | Botswana | 1,529 ha | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 1,499 ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 92 | Greece | 1,478 ha | 2017 | up 223.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,357 ha | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Colombia | 1,335 ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritania | 1,082 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 860 ha | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 466 ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Cuba | 464 ha | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 443 ha | 2017 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Fiji | 428 ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 101 | Yugoslav SFR | 324 ha | 1991 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Belize | 294 ha | 2024 | up 234.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 245 ha | 2024 | up 353.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 238 ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Spain | 228 ha | 2017 | up 590.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 209 ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Honduras | 152 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 108 | Mauritius | 147 ha | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Bhutan | 90 ha | 2024 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 110 | Cyprus | 80 ha | 2017 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Malaysia | 44 ha | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27 ha | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 23 ha | 2024 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Italy | 17 ha | 1995 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Guyana | 16 ha | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13 ha | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Portugal | 12 ha | 1997 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Hungary | 6 ha | 2017 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Barbados | 5 ha | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | 5 ha | 2024 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Jordan | 0 ha | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Palestine | 0 ha | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | USSR | 0 ha | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Cabo Verde | 0 ha | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 31.16 million ha
- Africa 17.08 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 14.05 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 13.57 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 12.53 million ha
- Asia 12.45 million ha
- Western Africa 9.05 million ha
- Southern Asia 5.86 million ha
- Eastern Asia 4.88 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.65 million ha
- Eastern Africa 2.99 million ha
- Northern Africa 2.55 million ha
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.