Papayas — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Papayas — Area harvested was 4,056 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Thailand is 4,056 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 21,000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3,969 ha, in 2019.
That places Thailand 18th out of 64 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.
Papayas — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,800 ha | +18.2% |
| 1974 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,700 ha | +11.5% |
| 1984 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,341 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 10,167 ha | +21.9% |
| 1992 | 9,935 ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 12,000 ha | +20.8% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 17,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1997 | 18,500 ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 19,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 21,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 20,228 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 16,327 ha | -19.3% |
| 2002 | 18,966 ha | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 17,436 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 16,077 ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 12,468 ha | -22.4% |
| 2006 | 8,171 ha | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 11,609 ha | +42.1% |
| 2008 | 11,876 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 12,140 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 12,366 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 8,539 ha | -30.9% |
| 2012 | 6,703 ha | -21.5% |
| 2013 | 4,320 ha | -35.6% |
| 2014 | 4,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4,287 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 4,156 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 4,073 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 4,172 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 3,969 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 4,071 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 4,071 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4,037 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 4,060 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 4,056 ha | -0.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 4,056 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,332 ha, 1.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 4,056 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,544 ha, 2.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +42.1% | 8,171 ha | 11,609 ha |
| 2013 | -35.6% | 6,703 ha | 4,320 ha |
| 2006 | -34.5% | 12,468 ha | 8,171 ha |
| 2011 | -30.9% | 12,366 ha | 8,539 ha |
| 1994 | +25.0% | 12,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,600 ha | 6,600 ha | 6,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,440 ha | 6,600 ha | 7,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,430 ha | 7,800 ha | 8,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,794 ha | 8,341 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,530 ha | 8,171 ha | 20,228 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,690 ha | 3,969 ha | 12,366 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,059 ha | 4,037 ha | 4,071 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — area harvested in Thailand?
- Papayas — area harvested in Thailand was 4,056 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 21,000 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,969 ha in 2019.
- How does Thailand rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 18th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.