Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 2.52 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 2.52 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 134.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 2.52 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 381,599 ha, in 1994.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 476,685 ha | — |
| 1962 | 495,648 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 496,337 ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 489,819 ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 497,244 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 509,591 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 511,430 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 522,220 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 519,731 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 512,860 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 506,535 ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 501,919 ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 504,781 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 505,069 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 491,996 ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 484,031 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 471,602 ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 470,809 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 472,853 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 466,510 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 475,855 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 458,139 ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 452,019 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 450,754 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 463,801 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 470,388 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 469,355 ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 465,488 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 464,018 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 425,405 ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 396,504 ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 411,044 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 388,673 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 381,599 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 381,980 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 399,537 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 447,382 ha | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 454,838 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 485,764 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 485,071 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 524,578 ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 492,816 ha | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 500,956 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 530,945 ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 582,539 ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 579,191 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 659,504 ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 649,501 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 674,689 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 726,376 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 726,666 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 787,915 ha | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 1.00 million ha | +27.4% |
| 2014 | 1.07 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 1.07 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.17 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 1.45 million ha | +23.0% |
| 2018 | 1.60 million ha | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 1.78 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 1.93 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 2.07 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 2.25 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 2.51 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 2.52 million ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 | +27.4% | 787,915 ha | 1.00 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 502,078 ha | 476,685 ha | 522,220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 492,246 ha | 470,809 ha | 512,860 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 463,633 ha | 450,754 ha | 475,855 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 417,273 ha | 381,599 ha | 485,764 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 567,979 ha | 485,071 ha | 674,689 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.14 million ha | 726,376 ha | 1.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.25 million ha | 1.93 million ha | 2.52 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 Thailand 3.60 million ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 3.15 million ha compare
- 3 Malaysia 1.13 million ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 734,821 ha compare
- 4 China 746,797 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 746,797 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 196,534 ha compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 million ha compare
- 6 Myanmar 399,821 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2.52 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.52 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 381,599 ha in 1994.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 134.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.