Papayas — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Papayas — Area harvested was 159,344 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Southern Asia is 159,344 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 182,163 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,700 ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 21 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Papayas — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 8,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | -10.1% |
| 1965 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 10,523 ha | +28.3% |
| 1967 | 10,410 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 11,446 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 11,558 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 12,824 ha | +11.0% |
| 1971 | 13,290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 12,280 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 12,266 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 12,849 ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 13,416 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 14,722 ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 25,878 ha | +75.8% |
| 1978 | 28,329 ha | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 28,475 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 29,402 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 30,860 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 31,126 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 31,111 ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 36,290 ha | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 35,359 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 37,411 ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 37,611 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 40,542 ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 40,174 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 42,925 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 51,860 ha | +20.8% |
| 1992 | 54,654 ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 63,528 ha | +16.2% |
| 1994 | 68,602 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 69,034 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 71,643 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 77,890 ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 76,455 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 69,726 ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 80,021 ha | +14.8% |
| 2001 | 84,246 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 78,627 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 68,944 ha | -12.3% |
| 2004 | 85,731 ha | +24.3% |
| 2005 | 104,292 ha | +21.7% |
| 2006 | 90,568 ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 99,990 ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 121,893 ha | +21.9% |
| 2009 | 122,616 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 129,972 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 143,006 ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 156,412 ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 159,296 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 158,429 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 143,380 ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 161,749 ha | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 166,453 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 174,471 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 171,276 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 182,163 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 159,786 ha | -12.3% |
| 2022 | 161,952 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 158,429 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 159,344 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,504 ha | 7,700 ha | 11,558 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,433 ha | 12,266 ha | 28,475 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,989 ha | 29,402 ha | 40,542 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,632 ha | 42,925 ha | 77,890 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,693 ha | 68,944 ha | 122,616 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 156,444 ha | 129,972 ha | 174,471 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 164,335 ha | 158,429 ha | 182,163 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Papayas — area harvested in Southern Asia was 159,344 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 182,163 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.