Oranges — Production in Bhutan
Bhutan: Oranges — Production was 20,830 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Production in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — production in Bhutan stood at 20,830 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — production in Bhutan peaked at 63,609 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 15,966 t, in 2021.
That places Bhutan 62nd out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Production in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,500 t | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 17,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 17,500 t | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 18,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 18,500 t | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 19,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 19,500 t | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 20,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 20,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 21,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 21,500 t | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 22,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 22,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 23,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 23,500 t | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 24,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 25,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 25,200 t | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 25,400 t | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 25,600 t | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 26,800 t | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 28,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 38,672 t | +38.1% |
| 1985 | 26,000 t | -32.8% |
| 1986 | 27,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 53,100 t | +96.7% |
| 1988 | 54,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 55,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 57,700 t | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 57,800 t | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 57,900 t | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 58,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 52,138 t | -10.1% |
| 1995 | 50,090 t | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 46,724 t | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 44,503 t | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 40,590 t | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 39,330 t | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 30,000 t | -23.7% |
| 2001 | 32,428 t | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 37,300 t | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 36,300 t | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 31,915 t | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 48,367 t | +51.5% |
| 2006 | 55,558 t | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 48,506 t | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 46,384 t | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 42,112 t | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 52,621 t | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 63,609 t | +20.9% |
| 2012 | 49,501 t | -22.2% |
| 2013 | 49,069 t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 41,485 t | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 15,977 t | -61.5% |
| 2016 | 42,003 t | +162.9% |
| 2017 | 28,017 t | -33.3% |
| 2018 | 26,527 t | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 27,530 t | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 25,661 t | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 15,966 t | -37.8% |
| 2022 | 18,467 t | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 21,170 t | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 20,830 t | -1.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 20,830 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62,315 t, 33% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 20,830 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 20,830 t, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Production 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 | +162.9% | 15,977 t | 42,003 t |
| 1987 | +96.7% | 27,000 t | 53,100 t |
| 2015 | -61.5% | 41,485 t | 15,977 t |
| 2005 | +51.5% | 31,915 t | 48,367 t |
| 2021 | -37.8% | 25,661 t | 15,966 t |
| 1984 | +38.1% | 28,000 t | 38,672 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,000 t | 16,000 t | 20,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,820 t | 20,500 t | 25,200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,957 t | 25,400 t | 55,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,478 t | 39,330 t | 58,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,887 t | 30,000 t | 55,558 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,634 t | 15,977 t | 63,609 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,419 t | 15,966 t | 25,661 t | 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 — production in Bhutan?
- Oranges — production in Bhutan was 20,830 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — production recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 63,609 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest oranges — production recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,966 t in 2021.
- How does Bhutan rank for oranges — production?
- Bhutan ranks 62nd out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — production rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — Production. 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.