Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 119.59 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Asia is 119.59 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Asia peaked at 120.35 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 53.42 million ha, in 1961.
That places Asia 1st out of 20 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53.42 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 54.18 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 55.63 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 58.07 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 57.22 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 56.19 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 57.03 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 56.11 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 55.50 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 56.28 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 57.87 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 58.17 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 57.36 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 59.16 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 58.73 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 57.87 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 58.89 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 61.64 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 62.80 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 63.21 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 68.20 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 69.60 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 68.04 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 69.53 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 72.74 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 72.99 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 73.14 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 77.15 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 78.18 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 79.62 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 83.77 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 88.45 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 89.25 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 90.65 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 93.27 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 92.13 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 91.44 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 93.15 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 92.72 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 94.73 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 93.40 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 91.13 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 94.25 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 100.29 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 102.16 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 101.47 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 101.75 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 103.95 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 105.65 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 105.70 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 107.69 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 105.90 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 107.62 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 107.77 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 105.35 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 104.15 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 109.42 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 109.77 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 113.01 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 116.54 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 114.40 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 118.27 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 120.35 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 119.59 million ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.93 million ha | 53.42 million ha | 58.07 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58.88 million ha | 56.28 million ha | 62.80 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.28 million ha | 63.21 million ha | 78.18 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89.44 million ha | 79.62 million ha | 93.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.88 million ha | 91.13 million ha | 105.65 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 107.64 million ha | 104.15 million ha | 113.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117.83 million ha | 114.40 million ha | 120.35 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 43,044 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Asia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Asia was 119.59 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 120.35 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.42 million ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil 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.