Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 1.45 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Thailand is 1.45 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1.70 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 108,205 ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 7th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108,205 ha | — |
| 1962 | 131,060 ha | +21.1% |
| 1963 | 148,700 ha | +13.5% |
| 1964 | 114,240 ha | -23.2% |
| 1965 | 112,020 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 139,560 ha | +24.6% |
| 1967 | 150,420 ha | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 180,700 ha | +20.1% |
| 1969 | 200,100 ha | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 235,500 ha | +17.7% |
| 1971 | 231,760 ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 339,480 ha | +46.5% |
| 1973 | 443,577 ha | +30.7% |
| 1974 | 485,381 ha | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 486,947 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 691,868 ha | +42.1% |
| 1977 | 842,389 ha | +21.8% |
| 1978 | 1.07 million ha | +26.6% |
| 1979 | 806,625 ha | -24.3% |
| 1980 | 1.13 million ha | +40.5% |
| 1981 | 1.26 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1982 | 1.10 million ha | -12.6% |
| 1983 | 1.03 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 1.35 million ha | +31.0% |
| 1985 | 1.39 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 1.21 million ha | -12.4% |
| 1987 | 1.38 million ha | +13.7% |
| 1988 | 1.56 million ha | +12.7% |
| 1989 | 1.60 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 1.50 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 1.44 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 1.46 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 1.45 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 1.40 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 1.26 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1996 | 1.24 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 1.25 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million ha | -14.8% |
| 1999 | 1.09 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 1.15 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 1.07 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 1.01 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 1.04 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.08 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.01 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 1.10 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 1.20 million ha | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 1.21 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.36 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 1.22 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 1.17 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.40 million ha | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 1.42 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.38 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.47 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 1.45 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 1.43 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.37 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 1.42 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1.46 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 1.70 million ha | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 1.62 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 1.52 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 1.45 million ha | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142,778 ha | 108,205 ha | 200,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 562,968 ha | 231,760 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.30 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.32 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.37 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.55 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Thailand?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Thailand was 1.45 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.70 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 108,205 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 7th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.