Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in World
World: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 57.56 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
World recorded 57.56 million t for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in World peaked at 57.56 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.13 million t, in 1961.
That places World 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.13 million t | — |
| 1962 | 15.10 million t | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 15.88 million t | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 16.63 million t | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 15.83 million t | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 16.31 million t | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 17.47 million t | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 16.02 million t | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 16.63 million t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 17.97 million t | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 18.90 million t | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 16.37 million t | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 17.25 million t | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 18.79 million t | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 19.12 million t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 17.00 million t | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 17.68 million t | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 18.47 million t | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 18.10 million t | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 16.89 million t | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 20.58 million t | +21.9% |
| 1982 | 18.07 million t | -12.2% |
| 1983 | 19.12 million t | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 19.93 million t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 20.95 million t | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 21.50 million t | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 21.64 million t | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 25.60 million t | +18.3% |
| 1989 | 23.11 million t | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 23.09 million t | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 23.91 million t | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 24.70 million t | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 25.84 million t | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 28.86 million t | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 29.16 million t | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 30.18 million t | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 29.25 million t | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 33.22 million t | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 32.54 million t | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 34.67 million t | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 35.91 million t | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 33.30 million t | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 35.99 million t | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 36.17 million t | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 38.37 million t | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 33.53 million t | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 37.25 million t | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 39.01 million t | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 37.32 million t | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 43.73 million t | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 41.11 million t | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 42.97 million t | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 47.16 million t | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 46.46 million t | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 45.29 million t | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 46.34 million t | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 50.29 million t | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 49.63 million t | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 52.36 million t | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 54.62 million t | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 54.59 million t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 55.24 million t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 54.92 million t | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 57.56 million t | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.00 million t | 14.13 million t | 17.47 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.97 million t | 16.37 million t | 19.12 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.74 million t | 16.89 million t | 25.60 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.07 million t | 23.09 million t | 33.22 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.15 million t | 33.30 million t | 39.01 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.54 million t | 41.11 million t | 52.36 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.39 million t | 54.59 million t | 57.56 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 China 19.65 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 19.61 million t compare
- 3 India 11.95 million t compare
- 4 Nigeria 4.30 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 760,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in World?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in World was 57.56 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 57.56 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.13 million t in 1961.
- How does World rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- World ranks 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production. 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.