Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 4.88 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eastern Asia stood at 4.88 million ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 5.10 million ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.37 million ha, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 7th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.37 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.46 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 1.62 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 1.97 million ha | +21.6% |
| 1965 | 2.02 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 2.08 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 2.09 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 1.90 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1969 | 1.89 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 1.86 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 1.94 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 2.01 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 1.88 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 1.94 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 1.99 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 1.94 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 1.78 million ha | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 1.87 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 2.17 million ha | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 2.44 million ha | +12.0% |
| 1981 | 2.56 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 2.51 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 2.29 million ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 2.51 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 3.41 million ha | +35.9% |
| 1986 | 3.34 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 3.13 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 3.06 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 3.02 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 2.97 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 2.95 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 3.04 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 3.44 million ha | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 3.83 million ha | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 3.87 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 3.67 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 3.77 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 4.09 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 4.31 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 4.90 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 5.03 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 4.96 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 5.10 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 4.78 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 4.70 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 4.00 million ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 3.98 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 4.28 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 4.41 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 4.56 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 4.62 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 4.67 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 4.66 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 4.64 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 4.42 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 4.48 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 4.64 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 4.65 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 4.66 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 4.63 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 4.83 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 4.71 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 4.82 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 4.88 million ha | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +35.9% | 2.51 million ha | 3.41 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.82 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 2.09 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.94 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 2.17 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.83 million ha | 2.29 million ha | 3.41 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.59 million ha | 2.95 million ha | 4.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.61 million ha | 3.98 million ha | 5.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.60 million ha | 4.42 million ha | 4.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.78 million ha | 4.63 million ha | 4.88 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 4 Nigeria 3.45 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 950,000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 515,000 ha compare
- 5 Sudan 2.45 million ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 1.70 million ha compare
- 7 Senegal 1.27 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 148,103 ha compare
- 8 Myanmar 1.23 million ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 57,642 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,153 ha compare
- 9 Niger 1.04 million ha compare
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 4.88 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.10 million ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.37 million ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.