Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 74,658 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 74,658 ha.
The figure is up 21.5% on the previous year and up 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 77,898 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17,308 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,308 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,193 ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 19,405 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 19,774 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 23,516 ha | +18.9% |
| 1966 | 25,521 ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 26,605 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 27,773 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 30,590 ha | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 33,094 ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 37,630 ha | +13.7% |
| 1972 | 40,308 ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 39,890 ha | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 39,559 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 40,285 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 43,512 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 42,256 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 39,969 ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 44,680 ha | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 38,781 ha | -13.2% |
| 1981 | 40,901 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 41,985 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 41,148 ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 38,737 ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 37,318 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 38,707 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 50,404 ha | +30.2% |
| 1988 | 41,160 ha | -18.3% |
| 1989 | 37,725 ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 42,372 ha | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 44,076 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 49,243 ha | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 52,487 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 53,974 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 53,347 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 58,846 ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 57,903 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 60,940 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 55,242 ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 53,111 ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 58,796 ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 56,192 ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 50,915 ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 50,225 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 52,052 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 47,425 ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 51,937 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 39,703 ha | -23.6% |
| 2009 | 45,541 ha | +14.7% |
| 2010 | 44,633 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 42,865 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 55,077 ha | +28.5% |
| 2013 | 48,765 ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 48,115 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 52,935 ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 58,818 ha | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 57,572 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 59,334 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 57,247 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 71,013 ha | +24.0% |
| 2021 | 77,898 ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 61,422 ha | -21.2% |
| 2023 | 61,462 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 74,658 ha | +21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,298 ha | 17,308 ha | 30,590 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,118 ha | 33,094 ha | 44,680 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,687 ha | 37,318 ha | 50,404 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,843 ha | 42,372 ha | 60,940 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,590 ha | 39,703 ha | 58,796 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,536 ha | 42,865 ha | 59,334 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,291 ha | 61,422 ha | 77,898 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 15 Mali 526,150 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 ha compare
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 400,000 ha compare
- 18 Ghana 370,000 ha compare
- 19 Angola 369,237 ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 50,979 ha compare
- 20 Uganda 330,000 ha compare
- 21 Brazil 281,563 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
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- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Asia was 74,658 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 77,898 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,308 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.