Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 3,217 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Brazil stood at 3,217 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 42.9% on the previous year and down 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 56,295 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 1,941 ha, in 2022.
That places Brazil 8th out of 26 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.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,300 ha | +15.3% |
| 1963 | 10,700 ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 10,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,500 ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,915 ha | +44.7% |
| 1972 | 30,100 ha | +89.1% |
| 1973 | 33,662 ha | +11.8% |
| 1974 | 32,382 ha | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 46,106 ha | +42.4% |
| 1976 | 53,211 ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 53,421 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 52,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 46,604 ha | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 45,702 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 56,295 ha | +23.2% |
| 1982 | 42,740 ha | -24.1% |
| 1983 | 45,443 ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 55,423 ha | +22.0% |
| 1985 | 42,526 ha | -23.3% |
| 1986 | 35,953 ha | -15.5% |
| 1987 | 44,499 ha | +23.8% |
| 1988 | 47,244 ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 32,235 ha | -31.8% |
| 1990 | 21,192 ha | -34.3% |
| 1991 | 13,713 ha | -35.3% |
| 1992 | 16,142 ha | +17.7% |
| 1993 | 10,686 ha | -33.8% |
| 1994 | 10,014 ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 6,073 ha | -39.4% |
| 1996 | 3,011 ha | -50.4% |
| 1997 | 2,587 ha | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 4,975 ha | +92.3% |
| 1999 | 4,439 ha | -10.8% |
| 2000 | 3,759 ha | -15.3% |
| 2001 | 4,810 ha | +28.0% |
| 2002 | 5,844 ha | +21.5% |
| 2003 | 6,421 ha | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 7,094 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 12,489 ha | +76.1% |
| 2006 | 12,682 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 12,415 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 9,430 ha | -24.0% |
| 2009 | 9,415 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 10,470 ha | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 11,263 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 6,589 ha | -41.5% |
| 2013 | 6,612 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5,856 ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 4,625 ha | -21.0% |
| 2016 | 2,926 ha | -36.7% |
| 2017 | 2,056 ha | -29.7% |
| 2018 | 2,152 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,955 ha | -9.2% |
| 2020 | 2,871 ha | +46.9% |
| 2021 | 2,066 ha | -28.0% |
| 2022 | 1,941 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 2,251 ha | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 3,217 ha | +42.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,856 ha | 9,800 ha | 11,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,510 ha | 11,000 ha | 53,421 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,806 ha | 32,235 ha | 56,295 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,283 ha | 2,587 ha | 21,192 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,436 ha | 3,759 ha | 12,682 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,450 ha | 1,955 ha | 11,263 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,469 ha | 1,941 ha | 3,217 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Brazil?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Brazil was 3,217 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 56,295 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,941 ha in 2022.
- How does Brazil rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 8th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.