Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.27 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Thailand stood at 1.27 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1.27 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 395,990 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 34th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 395,990 ha | — |
| 1962 | 427,990 ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 469,750 ha | +9.8% |
| 1964 | 475,830 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 509,430 ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 588,550 ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 568,630 ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 556,110 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 506,710 ha | -8.9% |
| 1970 | 463,910 ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 480,990 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 521,390 ha | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 534,056 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 571,120 ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 528,300 ha | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 526,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 602,980 ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 599,747 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 622,717 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 670,921 ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 766,312 ha | +14.2% |
| 1982 | 703,844 ha | -8.2% |
| 1983 | 764,821 ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 807,093 ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 886,046 ha | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 931,365 ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 965,575 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 1.09 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 1.21 million ha | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 1.13 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 1.06 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 1.05 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 1.10 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 1.14 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 1.02 million ha | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 1.00 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 961,487 ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 971,043 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 980,567 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.04 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 968,492 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 949,811 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 916,702 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 903,098 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 927,689 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 952,684 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 974,440 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 980,723 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.01 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1.02 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.03 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 991,315 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 949,752 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 994,084 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 967,224 ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 982,750 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.07 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 1.12 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 1.16 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 1.19 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.22 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 1.24 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.25 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.27 million ha | +1.5% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1.27 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 58.4× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1.27 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79,726 ha, 15.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 499,888 ha | 395,990 ha | 588,550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 545,201 ha | 463,910 ha | 622,717 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 879,697 ha | 670,921 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 million ha | 961,487 ha | 1.14 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 961,920 ha | 903,098 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 949,752 ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.23 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.7811 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3257 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.755 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3369 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Thailand?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Thailand was 1.27 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 395,990 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 34th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.