Hempseed — Area harvested in World
World: Hempseed — Area harvested was 28,486 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Hempseed — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for hempseed — area harvested in World is 28,486 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.6% on the previous year and up 339.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hempseed — area harvested in World peaked at 390,206 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 5,275 ha, in 2010.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 355,048 ha | 323,668 ha | 390,206 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 283,401 ha | 263,135 ha | 304,165 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 169,836 ha | 130,601 ha | 230,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,226 ha | 9,568 ha | 63,159 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,006 ha | 5,519 ha | 9,735 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,174 ha | 5,275 ha | 42,244 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,083 ha | 28,486 ha | 43,623 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hempseed — area harvested in World?
- Hempseed — area harvested in World was 28,486 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hempseed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 390,206 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest hempseed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,275 ha in 2010.
- How does World rank for hempseed — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is hempseed — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 339.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hempseed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.