Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 349,353 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
349,353 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
4th
of 16 groups
All-time high
350,511 ha
in 2021
All-time low
184,000 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 349,353 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 350,511 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 184,000 ha, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 184,000 ha
1962 184,000 ha +0.0%
1963 186,000 ha +1.1%
1964 188,000 ha +1.1%
1965 190,000 ha +1.1%
1966 193,400 ha +1.8%
1967 197,100 ha +1.9%
1968 200,800 ha +1.9%
1969 205,700 ha +2.4%
1970 209,500 ha +1.8%
1971 213,500 ha +1.9%
1972 216,000 ha +1.2%
1973 218,150 ha +1.0%
1974 220,590 ha +1.1%
1975 223,445 ha +1.3%
1976 220,120 ha -1.5%
1977 219,490 ha -0.3%
1978 221,785 ha +1.0%
1979 219,560 ha -1.0%
1980 220,855 ha +0.6%
1981 221,870 ha +0.5%
1982 221,870 ha +0.0%
1983 222,895 ha +0.5%
1984 223,900 ha +0.5%
1985 224,900 ha +0.4%
1986 225,900 ha +0.4%
1987 227,000 ha +0.5%
1988 228,000 ha +0.4%
1989 229,100 ha +0.5%
1990 231,200 ha +0.9%
1991 235,100 ha +1.7%
1992 236,168 ha +0.5%
1993 236,200 ha +0.0%
1994 233,845 ha -1.0%
1995 236,525 ha +1.1%
1996 236,500 ha -0.0%
1997 237,629 ha +0.5%
1998 237,366 ha -0.1%
1999 239,544 ha +0.9%
2000 242,300 ha +1.2%
2001 255,081 ha +5.3%
2002 262,444 ha +2.9%
2003 267,496 ha +1.9%
2004 265,502 ha -0.7%
2005 262,970 ha -1.0%
2006 262,900 ha -0.0%
2007 262,900 ha +0.0%
2008 262,880 ha -0.0%
2009 289,178 ha +10.0%
2010 328,550 ha +13.6%
2011 334,700 ha +1.9%
2012 339,900 ha +1.6%
2013 338,850 ha -0.3%
2014 319,588 ha -5.7%
2015 334,285 ha +4.6%
2016 330,858 ha -1.0%
2017 329,419 ha -0.4%
2018 334,591 ha +1.6%
2019 342,607 ha +2.4%
2020 349,084 ha +1.9%
2021 350,511 ha +0.4%
2022 348,383 ha -0.6%
2023 350,184 ha +0.5%
2024 349,353 ha -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 192,111 ha 184,000 ha 205,700 ha 9
1970s 218,214 ha 209,500 ha 223,445 ha 10
1980s 224,629 ha 220,855 ha 229,100 ha 10
1990s 236,008 ha 231,200 ha 239,544 ha 10
2000s 263,365 ha 242,300 ha 289,178 ha 10
2010s 333,335 ha 319,588 ha 342,607 ha 10
2020s 349,503 ha 348,383 ha 350,511 ha 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 1 Ethiopia 334,356 ha compare
  2. 2 Ethiopia PDR 224,000 ha compare
  3. 3 Sri Lanka 107,642 ha compare
  4. 3 Viet Nam 13,458 ha compare
  5. 4 Canada 20,809 ha compare
  6. 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1,611 ha compare
  7. 5 Brazil 20,501 ha compare
  8. 6 Madagascar 11,346 ha compare
  9. 6 Polynesia 77 ha compare
  10. 7 New Zealand 7,804 ha compare
  11. 7 Australia and New Zealand 7,804 ha compare

See the full ranking of 47 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 349,353 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 350,511 ha in 2021.
What is the lowest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 184,000 ha in 1961.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
Is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
47 places, 2,448 data points, 1961–2024
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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.