Papayas — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Papayas — Area harvested was 7,766 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Papayas — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Philippines is 7,766 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 14,990 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 3,435 ha, in 1987.
That places Philippines 10th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Area harvested in Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,720 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,990 ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 13,510 ha | -9.9% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 10,040 ha | -16.3% |
| 1966 | 9,360 ha | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 9,370 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 8,260 ha | -11.8% |
| 1969 | 8,630 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 8,640 ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 8,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 8,720 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 8,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 7,350 ha | -13.5% |
| 1975 | 7,840 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 8,470 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 7,640 ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 7,320 ha | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 7,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 8,440 ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 7,130 ha | -15.5% |
| 1982 | 7,170 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 6,960 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 6,540 ha | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 6,194 ha | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 6,250 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 3,435 ha | -45.0% |
| 1988 | 3,509 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 3,568 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 6,244 ha | +75.0% |
| 1991 | 6,371 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 6,490 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 6,800 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 7,052 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 7,161 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 7,375 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 7,490 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 7,588 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 7,913 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 8,440 ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 8,422 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 8,761 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 8,871 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 8,969 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 9,459 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 9,280 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 9,125 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 9,175 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 8,904 ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 8,751 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 8,647 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 8,585 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 8,399 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 7,918 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 7,748 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 7,835 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 7,787 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 7,783 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,773 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 7,782 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,748 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 7,554 ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 7,786 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 7,766 ha | -0.3% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 7,766 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,332 ha, 3.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 7,766 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,544 ha, 5.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — Area harvested in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +75.0% | 3,568 ha | 6,244 ha |
| 1987 | -45.0% | 6,250 ha | 3,435 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,098 ha | 8,260 ha | 14,990 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,048 ha | 7,320 ha | 8,720 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,920 ha | 3,435 ha | 8,440 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,048 ha | 6,244 ha | 7,913 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,941 ha | 8,422 ha | 9,459 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,123 ha | 7,748 ha | 8,751 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,727 ha | 7,554 ha | 7,786 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 7 Indonesia 12,100 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8,868 ha compare
- 8 China 11,010 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,242 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,342 ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 8,515 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 464 ha compare
- 11 Kenya 7,722 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 365 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 7,504 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 95 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 7,219 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 19,304 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — area harvested in Philippines?
- Papayas — area harvested in Philippines was 7,766 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 14,990 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,435 ha in 1987.
- How does Philippines rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 10th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — 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.