Natural honey — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Natural honey — Production was 237,365 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural honey — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, natural honey — production in Southern Asia stood at 237,365 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.4% on the previous year and up 60.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Southern Asia peaked at 237,365 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25,086 t, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 9th out of 28 groups 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.
Natural honey — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,086 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,166 t | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 25,246 t | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 25,414 t | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 31,494 t | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 36,574 t | +16.1% |
| 1967 | 36,664 t | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 36,744 t | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 36,860 t | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 41,940 t | +13.8% |
| 1971 | 42,020 t | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 42,100 t | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 47,380 t | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 47,670 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 47,970 t | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 48,390 t | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 48,610 t | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 48,950 t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 49,190 t | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 53,830 t | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 54,100 t | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 57,380 t | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 59,670 t | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 59,978 t | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 60,295 t | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 60,640 t | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 59,995 t | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 62,367 t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 62,722 t | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 64,474 t | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 72,017 t | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 73,820 t | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 74,872 t | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 76,818 t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 78,979 t | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 80,707 t | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 80,188 t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 80,914 t | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 80,859 t | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 82,434 t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 83,115 t | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 84,612 t | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 86,180 t | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 87,577 t | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 94,200 t | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 95,650 t | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 105,450 t | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 103,500 t | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 109,050 t | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 112,100 t | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 118,065 t | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 138,800 t | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 143,525 t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 148,112 t | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 143,076 t | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 139,373 t | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 145,099 t | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 148,563 t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 150,438 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 153,358 t | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 158,936 t | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 177,807 t | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 193,916 t | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 237,365 t | +22.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,028 t | 25,086 t | 36,860 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,422 t | 41,940 t | 49,190 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,098 t | 53,830 t | 62,722 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,365 t | 64,474 t | 80,914 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,177 t | 82,434 t | 109,050 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 138,715 t | 112,100 t | 150,438 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 184,276 t | 153,358 t | 237,365 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in Southern Asia?
- Natural honey — production in Southern Asia was 237,365 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 237,365 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,086 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for natural honey — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.