Natural rubber in primary forms β Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Natural rubber in primary forms β Area harvested is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 3.60 million ha in Thailand; the lowest is 49 ha in Dominican Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 151,565 ha, and the mean is 423,564 ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73,373.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 454.2%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (down 80.5%).
Natural rubber in primary forms β Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 3.60 million ha | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 3.15 million ha | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 3 | Malaysia | 1.13 million ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 4 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire | 1.03 million ha | 2024 | up 432.9% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 746,797 ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 746,797 ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 734,821 ha | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Myanmar | 399,821 ha | 2024 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 9 | India | 383,995 ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 10 | Cambodia | 319,700 ha | 2024 | up 253.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 229,422 ha | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Philippines | 221,797 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 200,240 ha | 2024 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 196,534 ha | 2024 | up 182.8% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 172,383 ha | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Liberia | 163,697 ha | 2024 | up 173.3% | rising |
| 17 | Ghana | 151,565 ha | 2024 | up 454.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 98,783 ha | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 72,175 ha | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 20 | Guatemala | 71,276 ha | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28,456 ha | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | 28,069 ha | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 20,842 ha | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 24 | Gabon | 17,616 ha | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 15,428 ha | 2024 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Ecuador | 12,855 ha | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea | 11,937 ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 9,587 ha | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 28 | Melanesia | 9,587 ha | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 4,192 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Congo | 2,650 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 32 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 598 ha | 2024 | down 80.5% | falling |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 49 ha | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 13.22 million ha
- Asia 11.21 million ha
- South-Eastern Asia 9.76 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.52 million ha
- Africa 1.67 million ha
- Western Africa 1.55 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.37 million ha
- Eastern Asia 746,797 ha
- Southern Asia 712,200 ha
- Americas 328,515 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 300,710 ha
- South America 229,121 ha
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.