Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 24,272 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
24,272 ha
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
2nd
of 5 groups
All-time high
68,629 ha
in 1965
All-time low
19,581 ha
in 1992
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024

20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k60.0k70.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 24,272 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 68,629 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 19,581 ha, in 1992.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year

Annual values for Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 44,540 ha
1962 42,670 ha -4.2%
1963 43,840 ha +2.7%
1964 55,019 ha +25.5%
1965 68,629 ha +24.7%
1966 40,891 ha -40.4%
1967 68,370 ha +67.2%
1968 44,607 ha -34.8%
1969 62,516 ha +40.1%
1970 50,198 ha -19.7%
1971 41,790 ha -16.7%
1972 40,689 ha -2.6%
1973 40,642 ha -0.1%
1974 34,131 ha -16.0%
1975 32,815 ha -3.9%
1976 32,507 ha -0.9%
1977 31,796 ha -2.2%
1978 33,544 ha +5.5%
1979 31,170 ha -7.1%
1980 27,711 ha -11.1%
1981 27,388 ha -1.2%
1982 27,351 ha -0.1%
1983 26,682 ha -2.4%
1984 27,658 ha +3.7%
1985 29,378 ha +6.2%
1986 28,013 ha -4.6%
1987 27,013 ha -3.6%
1988 25,624 ha -5.1%
1989 26,651 ha +4.0%
1990 41,247 ha +54.8%
1991 24,623 ha -40.3%
1992 19,581 ha -20.5%
1993 21,143 ha +8.0%
1994 25,530 ha +20.7%
1995 20,387 ha -20.1%
1996 22,804 ha +11.9%
1997 22,339 ha -2.0%
1998 22,871 ha +2.4%
1999 22,727 ha -0.6%
2000 21,954 ha -3.4%
2001 22,919 ha +4.4%
2002 24,476 ha +6.8%
2003 30,750 ha +25.6%
2004 32,468 ha +5.6%
2005 26,051 ha -19.8%
2006 34,631 ha +32.9%
2007 41,835 ha +20.8%
2008 35,257 ha -15.7%
2009 33,348 ha -5.4%
2010 32,131 ha -3.6%
2011 31,072 ha -3.3%
2012 29,108 ha -6.3%
2013 26,908 ha -7.6%
2014 24,702 ha -8.2%
2015 26,068 ha +5.5%
2016 24,400 ha -6.4%
2017 24,283 ha -0.5%
2018 23,831 ha -1.9%
2019 24,121 ha +1.2%
2020 23,967 ha -0.6%
2021 23,803 ha -0.7%
2022 24,112 ha +1.3%
2023 24,125 ha +0.1%
2024 24,272 ha +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 52,342 ha 40,891 ha 68,629 ha 9
1970s 36,928 ha 31,170 ha 50,198 ha 10
1980s 27,347 ha 25,624 ha 29,378 ha 10
1990s 24,325 ha 19,581 ha 41,247 ha 10
2000s 30,369 ha 21,954 ha 41,835 ha 10
2010s 26,662 ha 23,831 ha 32,131 ha 10
2020s 24,056 ha 23,803 ha 24,272 ha 5

Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

  1. 1 India 86,611 ha compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 12,284 ha compare
  3. 3 Chile 10,595 ha compare
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,864 ha compare
  5. 4 Mozambique 6,973 ha compare
  6. 5 Indonesia 3,908 ha compare

See the full ranking of 50 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

All data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) →

Frequently asked questions

What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 24,272 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 68,629 ha in 1965.
What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 19,581 ha in 1992.
How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/kenaf-and-other-textile-bast-fibres-raw-or-retted-area-harvested/least-developed-countries-ldcs/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/kenaf-and-other-textile-bast-fibres-raw-or-retted-area-harvested/least-developed-countries-ldcs/">Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
50 places, 2,937 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.