Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 50.53 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 50.53 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 51.51 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.12 million ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 5th out of 29 groups 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, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27.12 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 28.48 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 28.36 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 29.00 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 29.04 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 28.43 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 29.02 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 28.44 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 28.12 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 28.90 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 29.79 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 29.58 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 29.00 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 30.15 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 29.76 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 28.97 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 29.62 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 30.97 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 30.99 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 30.05 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 32.11 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 32.28 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 31.86 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 31.84 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 32.38 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 32.10 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 31.55 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 35.38 million ha | +12.1% |
| 1989 | 36.73 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 37.26 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 39.88 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 39.79 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 40.73 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 40.24 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 42.38 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 43.10 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 42.15 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 42.80 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 41.66 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 40.41 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 38.48 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 36.77 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 37.37 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 42.27 million ha | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 44.10 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 44.17 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 45.02 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 44.45 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 45.30 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 44.83 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 47.01 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 46.16 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 47.27 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 47.46 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 46.07 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 44.32 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 45.02 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 45.12 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 46.92 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 50.04 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 48.40 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 49.57 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 51.51 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 50.53 million ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.45 million ha | 27.12 million ha | 29.04 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29.77 million ha | 28.90 million ha | 30.99 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.63 million ha | 30.05 million ha | 36.73 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.00 million ha | 37.26 million ha | 43.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.83 million ha | 36.77 million ha | 45.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.02 million ha | 44.32 million ha | 47.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.01 million ha | 48.40 million ha | 51.51 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 2 India 44.26 million ha compare
- 3 China 28.18 million ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 28.13 million ha compare
- 5 Argentina 19.46 million ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 2.54 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 18.44 million ha compare
- 7 Indonesia 17.62 million ha compare
- 8 Canada 11.67 million ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.10 million ha compare
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1606 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Southern Asia was 50.53 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 51.51 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.12 million ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 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.