Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.28 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 1.28 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024. 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 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1.28 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 431,350 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 37th out of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 431,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 471,990 ha | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 514,390 ha | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 513,750 ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 542,550 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 630,150 ha | +16.1% |
| 1967 | 614,390 ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 592,750 ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 542,230 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 507,910 ha | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 522,590 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 563,390 ha | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 579,176 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 602,800 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 565,292 ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 571,760 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 641,524 ha | +12.2% |
| 1978 | 643,171 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 672,557 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 713,161 ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 810,648 ha | +13.7% |
| 1982 | 747,924 ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 807,621 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 849,861 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 928,814 ha | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 976,005 ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 1.01 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 1.15 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 1.26 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 1.18 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 1.11 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 1.10 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 1.14 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.15 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 1.03 million ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 973,007 ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 983,683 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 993,207 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.05 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 981,352 ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 962,925 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 929,972 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 915,772 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 941,096 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 965,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 987,455 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 993,859 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.02 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.03 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.05 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 994,482 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 950,417 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 994,682 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 967,817 ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 995,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1.09 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 1.13 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 1.21 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.23 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.25 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.26 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1.28 million ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 539,283 ha | 431,350 ha | 630,150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 587,017 ha | 507,910 ha | 672,557 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 925,086 ha | 713,161 ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 973,007 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 974,931 ha | 915,772 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 million ha | 950,417 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Thailand?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Thailand was 1.28 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 431,350 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 37th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. 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, 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.