Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 2,499 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Tuvalu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tuvalu stood at 2,499 ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tuvalu peaked at 3,900 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1973.
That places Tuvalu 158th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,900 ha | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 2,600 ha | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 2,300 ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 2,900 ha | +38.1% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | -58.6% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +250.0% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | -68.6% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1978 | 3,800 ha | +192.3% |
| 1979 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | -47.4% |
| 1983 | 2,080 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 2,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 2,500 ha | +92.3% |
| 1992 | 1,724 ha | -31.0% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 1,525 ha | -23.8% |
| 1995 | 1,874 ha | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 1,919 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,800 ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 1,754 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 1,683 ha | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 1,668 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,600 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 1,674 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 1,675 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,692 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,699 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,626 ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 1,648 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,800 ha | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 1,659 ha | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 1,656 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,656 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,659 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,662 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,503 ha | +50.6% |
| 2020 | 2,505 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,499 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,494 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,497 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,499 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,000 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,180 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,158 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,790 ha | 1,300 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,669 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,772 ha | 1,626 ha | 2,503 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,499 ha | 2,494 ha | 2,505 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 155 New Zealand 2,858 ha compare
- 156 Georgia 2,838 ha compare
- 157 Sao Tome and Principe 2,529 ha compare
- 159 Saint Lucia 1,996 ha compare
- 160 Namibia 1,941 ha compare
- 161 Norway 1,848 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tuvalu
- Rural population, per capita 0.3456 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 534.44 current US$ per person (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1594 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -17.15 % change on previous year (2015)
- Rural population 3,280 (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 15.94 (2015)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 15.94 (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2008)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tuvalu?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tuvalu was 2,499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 3,900 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1973.
- How does Tuvalu rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Tuvalu ranks 158th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.