Oranges — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Oranges — Area harvested was 1,888 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oranges — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — area harvested in Bhutan stood at 1,888 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 8,463 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,820 ha, in 2023.
Bhutan ranks 68th of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,050 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 4,200 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 4,650 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 4,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 5,150 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 5,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 5,650 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 5,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 6,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 6,150 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 6,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 6,800 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 7,849 ha | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | -23.6% |
| 1986 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 8,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1988 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 8,463 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 8,437 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 8,450 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 7,526 ha | -10.9% |
| 1995 | 7,198 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 6,684 ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 6,335 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 5,750 ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 5,546 ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 4,400 ha | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 4,917 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 4,831 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 5,209 ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 7,174 ha | +37.7% |
| 2007 | 6,214 ha | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 5,853 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 4,779 ha | -18.3% |
| 2010 | 5,795 ha | +21.3% |
| 2011 | 7,575 ha | +30.7% |
| 2012 | 5,909 ha | -22.0% |
| 2013 | 5,846 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 4,940 ha | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 1,871 ha | -62.1% |
| 2016 | 4,966 ha | +165.4% |
| 2017 | 3,121 ha | -37.2% |
| 2018 | 3,138 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,469 ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 3,099 ha | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 2,918 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 2,579 ha | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 1,820 ha | -29.4% |
| 2024 | 1,888 ha | +3.7% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 1,888 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,473 ha, 29% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 1,888 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 4,267 ha, 44% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +165.4% | 1,871 ha | 4,966 ha |
| 2015 | -62.1% | 4,940 ha | 1,871 ha |
| 2017 | -37.2% | 4,966 ha | 3,121 ha |
| 2006 | +37.7% | 5,209 ha | 7,174 ha |
| 2023 | -29.4% | 2,579 ha | 1,820 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,428 ha | 3,950 ha | 4,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,595 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,035 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,279 ha | 5,546 ha | 8,463 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,288 ha | 4,400 ha | 7,174 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,663 ha | 1,871 ha | 7,575 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,461 ha | 1,820 ha | 3,099 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Oranges — area harvested in Bhutan was 1,888 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 8,463 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,820 ha in 2023.
- How does Bhutan rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 68th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.