Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 5 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 5 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 28.6% on the previous year and down 76.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 712 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2024.
Suriname ranks 108th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 449 ha | — |
| 1962 | 513 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 627 ha | +22.2% |
| 1964 | 606 ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 648 ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 712 ha | +9.9% |
| 1967 | 601 ha | -15.6% |
| 1968 | 429 ha | -28.6% |
| 1969 | 240 ha | -44.1% |
| 1970 | 284 ha | +18.3% |
| 1971 | 220 ha | -22.5% |
| 1972 | 212 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 287 ha | +35.4% |
| 1974 | 318 ha | +10.8% |
| 1975 | 326 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 242 ha | -25.8% |
| 1977 | 282 ha | +16.5% |
| 1978 | 245 ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 285 ha | +16.3% |
| 1980 | 208 ha | -27.0% |
| 1981 | 339 ha | +63.0% |
| 1982 | 344 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 328 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 485 ha | +47.9% |
| 1985 | 497 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 627 ha | +26.2% |
| 1987 | 640 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 593 ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 519 ha | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 548 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 446 ha | -18.6% |
| 1992 | 445 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 518 ha | +16.4% |
| 1994 | 534 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 481 ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 250 ha | -48.0% |
| 1997 | 267 ha | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 152 ha | -43.1% |
| 1999 | 184 ha | +21.1% |
| 2000 | 203 ha | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 216 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 188 ha | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 211 ha | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 185 ha | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 101 ha | -45.4% |
| 2006 | 62 ha | -38.6% |
| 2007 | 51 ha | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 10 ha | -80.4% |
| 2009 | 23 ha | +130.0% |
| 2010 | 21 ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 18 ha | -14.3% |
| 2012 | 26 ha | +44.4% |
| 2013 | 30 ha | +15.4% |
| 2014 | 21 ha | -30.0% |
| 2015 | 16 ha | -23.8% |
| 2016 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18 ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 16 ha | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 21 ha | +31.2% |
| 2020 | 16 ha | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 10 ha | -37.5% |
| 2022 | 13 ha | +30.0% |
| 2023 | 7 ha | -46.2% |
| 2024 | 5 ha | -28.6% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 5 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 0% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 5 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 0% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 536.11 ha | 240 ha | 712 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 270.1 ha | 212 ha | 326 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 458 ha | 208 ha | 640 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 382.5 ha | 152 ha | 548 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 125 ha | 10 ha | 216 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3 ha | 16 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2 ha | 5 ha | 16 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Suriname?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Suriname was 5 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 712 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2024.
- How does Suriname rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 108th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.