Mustard seed — Area harvested in World
World: Mustard seed — Area harvested was 876,991 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Mustard seed — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mustard seed — area harvested in World is 876,991 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — area harvested in World peaked at 1.05 million ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 441,721 ha, in 1976.
That places World 1st out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Mustard seed — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 463,168 ha | — |
| 1962 | 536,416 ha | +15.8% |
| 1963 | 525,096 ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 480,253 ha | -8.5% |
| 1965 | 494,345 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 486,137 ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 470,477 ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 591,744 ha | +25.8% |
| 1969 | 475,932 ha | -19.6% |
| 1970 | 448,937 ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 492,380 ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 477,660 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 542,637 ha | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 574,943 ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 480,788 ha | -16.4% |
| 1976 | 441,721 ha | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 498,845 ha | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 553,213 ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 530,375 ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 534,525 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 517,103 ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 482,870 ha | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 526,765 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 577,750 ha | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 586,575 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 627,883 ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 560,827 ha | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 628,245 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 637,199 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 732,402 ha | +14.9% |
| 1991 | 571,897 ha | -21.9% |
| 1992 | 563,795 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 595,174 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 743,322 ha | +24.9% |
| 1995 | 734,929 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 688,222 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 774,075 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 753,264 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 767,833 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 711,617 ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 582,686 ha | -18.1% |
| 2002 | 797,482 ha | +36.9% |
| 2003 | 1.05 million ha | +32.0% |
| 2004 | 958,664 ha | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 723,256 ha | -24.6% |
| 2006 | 612,971 ha | -15.2% |
| 2007 | 618,806 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 691,440 ha | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 865,293 ha | +25.1% |
| 2010 | 790,593 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 701,078 ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 614,464 ha | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 657,705 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 814,390 ha | +23.8% |
| 2015 | 679,929 ha | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 727,610 ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 670,150 ha | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 884,747 ha | +32.0% |
| 2019 | 851,880 ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 630,037 ha | -26.0% |
| 2021 | 644,198 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 847,117 ha | +31.5% |
| 2023 | 980,113 ha | +15.7% |
| 2024 | 876,991 ha | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 502,619 ha | 463,168 ha | 591,744 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 504,150 ha | 441,721 ha | 574,943 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 567,974 ha | 482,870 ha | 637,199 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 692,491 ha | 563,795 ha | 774,075 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 761,524 ha | 582,686 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 739,255 ha | 614,464 ha | 884,747 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 795,691 ha | 630,037 ha | 980,113 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mustard seed — area harvested in World?
- Mustard seed — area harvested in World was 876,991 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 441,721 ha in 1976.
- How does World rank for mustard seed — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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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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.