Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 712,200 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
712,200 ha
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
8th
of 15 groups
All-time high
782,138 ha
in 2014
All-time low
260,100 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 712,200 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 782,138 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 260,100 ha, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 260,100 ha
1962 281,313 ha +8.2%
1963 289,902 ha +3.1%
1964 304,337 ha +5.0%
1965 312,738 ha +2.8%
1966 319,185 ha +2.1%
1967 333,657 ha +4.5%
1968 341,851 ha +2.5%
1969 350,478 ha +2.5%
1970 368,082 ha +5.0%
1971 370,861 ha +0.8%
1972 378,460 ha +2.0%
1973 383,579 ha +1.4%
1974 394,005 ha +2.7%
1975 398,636 ha +1.2%
1976 404,979 ha +1.6%
1977 412,563 ha +1.9%
1978 417,328 ha +1.2%
1979 416,900 ha -0.1%
1980 414,812 ha -0.5%
1981 424,651 ha +2.4%
1982 401,886 ha -5.4%
1983 405,345 ha +0.9%
1984 410,089 ha +1.2%
1985 416,004 ha +1.4%
1986 428,506 ha +3.0%
1987 442,200 ha +3.2%
1988 449,347 ha +1.6%
1989 465,748 ha +3.6%
1990 501,147 ha +7.6%
1991 515,530 ha +2.9%
1992 535,400 ha +3.9%
1993 505,598 ha -5.6%
1994 520,409 ha +2.9%
1995 547,600 ha +5.2%
1996 557,923 ha +1.9%
1997 565,062 ha +1.3%
1998 575,512 ha +1.8%
1999 582,929 ha +1.3%
2000 581,050 ha -0.3%
2001 615,100 ha +5.9%
2002 574,680 ha -6.6%
2003 594,501 ha +3.4%
2004 609,470 ha +2.5%
2005 615,470 ha +1.0%
2006 623,480 ha +1.3%
2007 629,480 ha +1.0%
2008 634,480 ha +0.8%
2009 649,000 ha +2.3%
2010 659,734 ha +1.7%
2011 626,202 ha -5.1%
2012 630,700 ha +0.7%
2013 779,243 ha +23.6%
2014 782,138 ha +0.4%
2015 760,460 ha -2.8%
2016 766,030 ha +0.7%
2017 687,458 ha -10.3%
2018 674,283 ha -1.9%
2019 695,567 ha +3.2%
2020 672,292 ha -3.3%
2021 695,193 ha +3.4%
2022 745,833 ha +7.3%
2023 704,142 ha -5.6%
2024 712,200 ha +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 310,396 ha 260,100 ha 350,478 ha 9
1970s 394,539 ha 368,082 ha 417,328 ha 10
1980s 425,859 ha 401,886 ha 465,748 ha 10
1990s 540,711 ha 501,147 ha 582,929 ha 10
2000s 612,671 ha 574,680 ha 649,000 ha 10
2010s 706,182 ha 626,202 ha 782,138 ha 10
2020s 705,932 ha 672,292 ha 745,833 ha 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 6 Myanmar 399,821 ha compare
  2. 7 India 383,995 ha compare
  3. 8 Cambodia 319,700 ha compare
  4. 9 Bangladesh 229,422 ha compare
  5. 10 Philippines 221,797 ha compare
  6. 11 Brazil 200,240 ha compare

See the full ranking of 52 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia

All data for Southern Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Southern Asia?
Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Southern Asia was 712,200 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 Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 782,138 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 260,100 ha in 1961.
How does Southern Asia rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 rubber in primary forms — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Southern Asia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/natural-rubber-in-primary-forms-area-harvested/southern-asia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/natural-rubber-in-primary-forms-area-harvested/southern-asia/">Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Southern Asia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
52 places, 2,791 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.