Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 516 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan is 516 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 63.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 9,297 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 485 ha, in 2022.
That places Bhutan 174th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 2,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 2,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +40.7% |
| 1981 | 4,400 ha | +15.8% |
| 1982 | 4,906 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 7,000 ha | +42.7% |
| 1984 | 9,297 ha | +32.8% |
| 1985 | 8,300 ha | -10.7% |
| 1986 | 8,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,080 ha | -24.0% |
| 1989 | 6,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,672 ha | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 4,835 ha | -27.5% |
| 1992 | 4,930 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 4,526 ha | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 4,361 ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 4,252 ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 4,148 ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 4,052 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 3,854 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 4,073 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 2,840 ha | -30.3% |
| 2001 | 4,027 ha | +41.8% |
| 2002 | 4,002 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 4,262 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 2,501 ha | -41.3% |
| 2005 | 6,111 ha | +144.3% |
| 2006 | 6,603 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 7,645 ha | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 7,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 2,928 ha | -58.2% |
| 2010 | 1,805 ha | -38.4% |
| 2011 | 1,629 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 1,313 ha | -19.4% |
| 2013 | 1,764 ha | +34.3% |
| 2014 | 1,423 ha | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 1,198 ha | -15.8% |
| 2016 | 1,413 ha | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 1,629 ha | +15.3% |
| 2018 | 710 ha | -56.4% |
| 2019 | 1,091 ha | +53.7% |
| 2020 | 1,041 ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 643 ha | -38.2% |
| 2022 | 485 ha | -24.6% |
| 2023 | 539 ha | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 516 ha | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,989 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,410 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,586 ha | 3,800 ha | 9,297 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,570 ha | 3,854 ha | 6,672 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,792 ha | 2,501 ha | 7,645 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,398 ha | 710 ha | 1,805 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 644.8 ha | 485 ha | 1,041 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Bhutan was 516 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,297 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 485 ha in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 174th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.