Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 1.37 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 1.37 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 86.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.40 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 149,136 ha, in 1991.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 261,412 ha | — |
| 1962 | 266,108 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 265,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 256,166 ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 261,192 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 272,554 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 272,725 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 282,174 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 279,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 272,372 ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 265,803 ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 261,153 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 264,198 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 264,775 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 251,695 ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 244,360 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 232,039 ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 231,539 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 232,753 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 229,501 ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 228,826 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 233,457 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 223,759 ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 218,666 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 227,105 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 229,870 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 226,877 ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 220,727 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 217,126 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 175,382 ha | -19.2% |
| 1991 | 149,136 ha | -15.0% |
| 1992 | 162,081 ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 175,434 ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 166,238 ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 166,305 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 179,451 ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 218,115 ha | +21.5% |
| 1998 | 222,948 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 250,097 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 250,315 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 289,045 ha | +15.5% |
| 2002 | 289,214 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 293,821 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 319,684 ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 355,763 ha | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 346,259 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 421,405 ha | +21.7% |
| 2008 | 398,438 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 393,420 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 419,216 ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 440,411 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 488,610 ha | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 676,482 ha | +38.5% |
| 2014 | 736,643 ha | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 715,108 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 757,159 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 933,585 ha | +23.3% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million ha | +13.4% |
| 2019 | 1.15 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 1.21 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 1.30 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 1.40 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 1.37 million ha | -1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +38.5% | 488,610 ha | 676,482 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 268,581 ha | 256,166 ha | 282,174 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 252,069 ha | 231,539 ha | 272,372 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 225,591 ha | 217,126 ha | 233,457 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 186,519 ha | 149,136 ha | 250,097 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 335,736 ha | 250,315 ha | 421,405 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 737,886 ha | 419,216 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.37 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 149,136 ha in 1991.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.