Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 10,783 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 10,783 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 54.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 153,120 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 10,783 ha, in 2024.
That places Thailand 51st out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 82,560 ha | — |
| 1962 | 85,280 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 81,760 ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 86,560 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 95,360 ha | +10.2% |
| 1966 | 153,120 ha | +60.6% |
| 1967 | 104,480 ha | -31.8% |
| 1968 | 114,240 ha | +9.3% |
| 1969 | 93,280 ha | -18.3% |
| 1970 | 94,240 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 102,880 ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 113,100 ha | +9.9% |
| 1973 | 123,836 ha | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 124,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 113,280 ha | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 118,880 ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 90,080 ha | -24.2% |
| 1978 | 99,520 ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 91,680 ha | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 99,772 ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 117,338 ha | +17.6% |
| 1982 | 117,495 ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 120,559 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 124,953 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 121,017 ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 124,913 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 117,884 ha | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 117,856 ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 120,396 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 117,440 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 109,938 ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 100,535 ha | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 91,596 ha | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 100,184 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 96,830 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 95,284 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 81,785 ha | -14.2% |
| 1998 | 86,497 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 86,947 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 82,786 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 66,332 ha | -19.9% |
| 2002 | 68,876 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 46,082 ha | -33.1% |
| 2004 | 39,993 ha | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 39,896 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 38,310 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 32,519 ha | -15.1% |
| 2008 | 32,674 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 28,763 ha | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 30,835 ha | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 30,114 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 29,483 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 26,337 ha | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 23,660 ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 21,744 ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 30,000 ha | +38.0% |
| 2017 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15,516 ha | -48.3% |
| 2019 | 14,474 ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 13,604 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 11,130 ha | -18.2% |
| 2022 | 11,731 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 11,285 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 10,783 ha | -4.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 10,783 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 4.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 10,783 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,560 ha, 1.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +60.6% | 95,360 ha | 153,120 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,627 ha | 81,760 ha | 153,120 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 107,230 ha | 90,080 ha | 124,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 118,218 ha | 99,772 ha | 124,953 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,704 ha | 81,785 ha | 117,440 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,623 ha | 28,763 ha | 82,786 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,216 ha | 14,474 ha | 30,835 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,707 ha | 10,783 ha | 13,604 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Thailand?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Thailand was 10,783 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 153,120 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,783 ha in 2024.
- How does Thailand rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 51st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.