Mustard seed — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Mustard seed — Area harvested was 331 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mustard seed — area harvested in Bhutan stood at 331 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 9.3% on the previous year and down 70.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 5,800 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 331 ha, in 2024.
That places Bhutan 23rd out of 31 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.
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 2,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 2,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 2,906 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 4,963 ha | +41.8% |
| 1985 | 4,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 4,120 ha | -25.1% |
| 1989 | 4,080 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 4,400 ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 4,300 ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 4,136 ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 4,002 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 3,868 ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 3,732 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 3,449 ha | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 3,343 ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 1,940 ha | -42.0% |
| 2001 | 3,277 ha | +68.9% |
| 2002 | 3,552 ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 4,072 ha | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 1,821 ha | -55.3% |
| 2005 | 5,648 ha | +210.2% |
| 2006 | 5,310 ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 5,788 ha | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 5,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,254 ha | -61.1% |
| 2010 | 1,257 ha | -44.2% |
| 2011 | 1,102 ha | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 1,087 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1,274 ha | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 1,126 ha | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 981 ha | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 970 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,092 ha | +12.6% |
| 2018 | 447 ha | -59.1% |
| 2019 | 673 ha | +50.6% |
| 2020 | 707 ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 469 ha | -33.7% |
| 2022 | 349 ha | -25.6% |
| 2023 | 365 ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 331 ha | -9.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mustard seed — 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 | +210.2% | 1,821 ha | 5,648 ha |
| 2001 | +68.9% | 1,940 ha | 3,277 ha |
| 2009 | -61.1% | 5,800 ha | 2,254 ha |
| 2018 | -59.1% | 1,092 ha | 447 ha |
| 2004 | -55.3% | 4,072 ha | 1,821 ha |
| 2019 | +50.6% | 447 ha | 673 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,989 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,410 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,057 ha | 2,800 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,053 ha | 3,343 ha | 4,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,946 ha | 1,821 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,001 ha | 447 ha | 1,274 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 444.2 ha | 331 ha | 707 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mustard seed — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Mustard seed — area harvested in Bhutan was 331 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 5,800 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 331 ha in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for mustard seed — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 23rd out of 31 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mustard seed — 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.