Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 33.33 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 33.33 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 35.56 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.49 million ha, in 1961.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 20 regions on this measure, 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.49 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 10.75 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 11.25 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 11.12 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 11.73 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 11.45 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 11.74 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 12.29 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 12.27 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 12.81 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 13.74 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 14.00 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 13.46 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 13.23 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 13.59 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 13.23 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 12.94 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 13.25 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 12.84 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 12.10 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 12.39 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 12.09 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 12.74 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 12.32 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 12.48 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 12.85 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 12.90 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 13.03 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 12.51 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 12.30 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 12.65 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 14.00 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 13.63 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 14.64 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 15.24 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 16.22 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 16.35 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 15.65 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 17.61 million ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 17.74 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 18.25 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 17.71 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 18.53 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 19.48 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 20.05 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 19.71 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 19.43 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 21.34 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 21.88 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 22.80 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 23.75 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 26.13 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 27.68 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 29.52 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 28.24 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 29.64 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 30.81 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 33.36 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 34.92 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 34.98 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 35.56 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 33.51 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 33.68 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 33.33 million ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.46 million ha | 10.49 million ha | 12.29 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.31 million ha | 12.81 million ha | 14.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.54 million ha | 12.09 million ha | 13.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.83 million ha | 12.30 million ha | 17.61 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.41 million ha | 17.71 million ha | 21.88 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.68 million ha | 22.80 million ha | 34.92 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.21 million ha | 33.33 million ha | 35.56 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 33.33 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.56 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.49 million ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.