Millet — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Millet — Area harvested was 520 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Bhutan is 520 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.6% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 11,142 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 470 ha, in 2023.
That places Bhutan 71st out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 4,850 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 5,150 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 5,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 5,300 ha | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 6,100 ha | +15.1% |
| 1977 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 8,400 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 8,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 11,142 ha | +23.8% |
| 1985 | 9,100 ha | -18.3% |
| 1986 | 8,000 ha | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 7,570 ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 7,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 7,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 7,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 8,253 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 8,061 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 7,128 ha | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 6,684 ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 6,374 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 6,109 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 6,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 3,829 ha | -41.1% |
| 2003 | 4,192 ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 2,965 ha | -29.3% |
| 2005 | 6,540 ha | +120.6% |
| 2006 | 8,197 ha | +25.3% |
| 2007 | 8,609 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 3,625 ha | -57.9% |
| 2009 | 4,093 ha | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 3,421 ha | -16.4% |
| 2011 | 3,721 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 2,615 ha | -29.7% |
| 2013 | 1,648 ha | -37.0% |
| 2014 | 1,352 ha | -18.0% |
| 2015 | 1,360 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,314 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 1,467 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 1,117 ha | -23.9% |
| 2019 | 1,087 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 1,089 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 920 ha | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 525 ha | -42.9% |
| 2023 | 470 ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 520 ha | +10.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 520 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 1% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 520 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 9,300 ha, 6% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +120.6% | 2,965 ha | 6,540 ha |
| 2008 | -57.9% | 8,609 ha | 3,625 ha |
| 2022 | -42.9% | 920 ha | 525 ha |
| 2002 | -41.1% | 6,500 ha | 3,829 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,844 ha | 4,300 ha | 5,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,850 ha | 5,300 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,501 ha | 7,500 ha | 11,142 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,371 ha | 6,109 ha | 8,253 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,475 ha | 2,965 ha | 8,609 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,910 ha | 1,087 ha | 3,721 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 704.8 ha | 470 ha | 1,089 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Millet — area harvested in Bhutan was 520 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 11,142 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 470 ha in 2023.
- How does Bhutan rank for millet — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 71st out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.