Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 5.86 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 5.86 million ha.
That represents a change of up 18.6% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 8.89 million ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 4.73 million ha, in 2015.
Southern Asia ranks 6th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.91 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.31 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 6.91 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 7.41 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 7.74 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 7.36 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 7.64 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 7.16 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 7.21 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 7.39 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 7.58 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 7.05 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 7.09 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 7.24 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 7.30 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 7.12 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 7.11 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 7.51 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 7.24 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 6.89 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 7.53 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 7.33 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 7.65 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 7.27 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 7.22 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 7.09 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 6.95 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 8.65 million ha | +24.4% |
| 1989 | 8.84 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 8.44 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 8.89 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 8.41 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 8.45 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 8.08 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 7.89 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 7.61 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 7.36 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 7.05 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 7.46 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 6.89 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 6.45 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 6.17 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 6.00 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 6.72 million ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 6.73 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 5.91 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 6.29 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 6.41 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 5.63 million ha | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 5.97 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 5.34 million ha | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 5.01 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 5.58 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 5.01 million ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 4.73 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 5.49 million ha | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 5.05 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 5.03 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 4.91 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 6.03 million ha | +22.6% |
| 2021 | 5.96 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 5.24 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 4.94 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 5.86 million ha | +18.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.29 million ha | 6.91 million ha | 7.74 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.26 million ha | 7.05 million ha | 7.58 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.54 million ha | 6.89 million ha | 8.84 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.96 million ha | 7.05 million ha | 8.89 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.32 million ha | 5.63 million ha | 6.89 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.21 million ha | 4.73 million ha | 5.97 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.61 million ha | 4.94 million ha | 6.03 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Southern Asia was 5.86 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.89 million ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.73 million ha in 2015.
- How does Southern Asia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.