Natural honey — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Natural honey — Production was 490,161 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural honey — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural honey — production in Eastern Asia is 490,161 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 598,077 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 59,512 t, in 1961.
That places Eastern Asia 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural honey — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 59,512 t | — |
| 1962 | 65,708 t | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 65,727 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 68,722 t | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 67,295 t | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 73,399 t | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 73,873 t | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 78,842 t | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 82,831 t | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 83,416 t | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 93,782 t | +12.4% |
| 1972 | 97,116 t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 90,863 t | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 84,445 t | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 88,442 t | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 83,297 t | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 85,487 t | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 86,766 t | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 121,169 t | +39.7% |
| 1980 | 129,528 t | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 132,527 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 149,495 t | +12.8% |
| 1983 | 158,904 t | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 163,377 t | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 170,322 t | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 190,819 t | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 218,473 t | +14.5% |
| 1988 | 212,346 t | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 206,568 t | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 210,370 t | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 226,849 t | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 196,463 t | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 193,701 t | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 193,635 t | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 195,461 t | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 200,386 t | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 225,928 t | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 221,435 t | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 250,333 t | +13.1% |
| 2000 | 272,994 t | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 279,711 t | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 291,070 t | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 315,887 t | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 316,725 t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 326,373 t | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 363,434 t | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 386,564 t | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 436,021 t | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 438,033 t | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 434,891 t | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 468,775 t | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 489,571 t | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 488,849 t | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 503,113 t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 515,228 t | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 598,077 t | +16.1% |
| 2017 | 577,726 t | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 487,654 t | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 478,048 t | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 498,191 t | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 517,589 t | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 503,405 t | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 507,937 t | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 490,161 t | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,657 t | 59,512 t | 82,831 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 91,478 t | 83,297 t | 121,169 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 173,236 t | 129,528 t | 218,473 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 211,456 t | 193,635 t | 250,333 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 342,681 t | 272,994 t | 438,033 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 504,193 t | 434,891 t | 598,077 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 503,457 t | 490,161 t | 517,589 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
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- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 28.21 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in Eastern Asia?
- Natural honey — production in Eastern Asia was 490,161 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 598,077 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,512 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for natural honey — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural honey — Production. 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.