Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 143,805 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Pakistan is 143,805 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 153,749 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10,930 ha, in 1961.
That places Pakistan 26th out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,930 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,140 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 15,780 ha | +30.0% |
| 1964 | 16,590 ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 23,470 ha | +41.5% |
| 1966 | 33,990 ha | +44.8% |
| 1967 | 50,590 ha | +48.8% |
| 1968 | 34,800 ha | -31.2% |
| 1969 | 42,490 ha | +22.1% |
| 1970 | 30,350 ha | -28.6% |
| 1971 | 41,280 ha | +36.0% |
| 1972 | 31,035 ha | -24.8% |
| 1973 | 38,039 ha | +22.6% |
| 1974 | 40,501 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 43,521 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 45,101 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 50,716 ha | +12.4% |
| 1978 | 36,512 ha | -28.0% |
| 1979 | 40,713 ha | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 46,515 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 59,722 ha | +28.4% |
| 1982 | 69,290 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 72,563 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 59,100 ha | -18.6% |
| 1985 | 54,902 ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 62,791 ha | +14.4% |
| 1987 | 66,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 68,061 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 80,130 ha | +17.7% |
| 1990 | 82,625 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 88,900 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 94,829 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 92,028 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 96,584 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 102,300 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 104,833 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 107,909 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 97,455 ha | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 92,500 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 81,500 ha | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 99,400 ha | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 86,500 ha | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 102,400 ha | +18.4% |
| 2004 | 105,816 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 93,714 ha | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 93,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 94,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 92,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 87,400 ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 82,905 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 95,486 ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 81,630 ha | -14.5% |
| 2013 | 93,799 ha | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 96,258 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 91,876 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 89,527 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 99,022 ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 98,613 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 102,909 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 136,343 ha | +32.5% |
| 2021 | 153,749 ha | +12.8% |
| 2022 | 129,224 ha | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 142,864 ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 143,805 ha | +0.7% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 143,805 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 3.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 143,805 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,290 ha, 62.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,753 ha | 10,930 ha | 50,590 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,777 ha | 30,350 ha | 50,716 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,957 ha | 46,515 ha | 80,130 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 95,996 ha | 82,625 ha | 107,909 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,793 ha | 81,500 ha | 105,816 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,202 ha | 81,630 ha | 102,909 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 141,197 ha | 129,224 ha | 153,749 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 23 Benin 236,816 ha compare
- 24 Indonesia 185,439 ha compare
- 25 Central African Republic 184,312 ha compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 0 ha compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 130,659 ha compare
- 28 Zambia 129,357 ha compare
- 29 Sierra Leone 125,530 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Pakistan was 143,805 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 153,749 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,930 ha in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 26th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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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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.