Oranges — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Oranges — Area harvested was 1,059 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oranges — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Suriname is 1,059 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 2,160 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 839 ha, in 2016.
That places Suriname 78th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,045 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,065 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 1,250 ha | +17.4% |
| 1964 | 1,014 ha | -18.9% |
| 1965 | 1,493 ha | +47.2% |
| 1966 | 2,160 ha | +44.7% |
| 1967 | 2,040 ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 1,804 ha | -11.6% |
| 1969 | 1,990 ha | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 1,784 ha | -10.4% |
| 1971 | 1,328 ha | -25.6% |
| 1972 | 1,399 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 1,401 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 1,319 ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 1,479 ha | +12.1% |
| 1976 | 1,450 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 1,480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 1,200 ha | -18.9% |
| 1979 | 1,515 ha | +26.2% |
| 1980 | 1,535 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 1,835 ha | +19.5% |
| 1982 | 1,437 ha | -21.7% |
| 1983 | 1,395 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 1,535 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 1,688 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 1,735 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 1,707 ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,688 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,751 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 1,789 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 1,877 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 1,964 ha | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 1,995 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 1,954 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,863 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 1,546 ha | -17.0% |
| 1997 | 1,419 ha | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 1,374 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,296 ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 1,341 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1,294 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1,283 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,245 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 1,252 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,307 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 1,280 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 1,321 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,216 ha | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 1,420 ha | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 1,414 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,169 ha | -17.3% |
| 2012 | 1,138 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 1,235 ha | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 1,108 ha | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 854 ha | -22.9% |
| 2016 | 839 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,387 ha | +65.3% |
| 2018 | 1,387 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,436 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1,452 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,427 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,132 ha | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 1,089 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 1,059 ha | -2.8% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 1,059 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 28% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 1,059 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,627 ha, 16% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +65.3% | 839 ha | 1,387 ha |
| 1965 | +47.2% | 1,014 ha | 1,493 ha |
| 1966 | +44.7% | 1,493 ha | 2,160 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,540 ha | 1,014 ha | 2,160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,436 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,784 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,631 ha | 1,395 ha | 1,835 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,708 ha | 1,296 ha | 1,995 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,296 ha | 1,216 ha | 1,420 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,197 ha | 839 ha | 1,436 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,232 ha | 1,059 ha | 1,452 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Suriname?
- Oranges — area harvested in Suriname was 1,059 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 2,160 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 839 ha in 2016.
- How does Suriname rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 78th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.