String beans — Area harvested in World
World: String beans — Area harvested was 125,876 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
String beans — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
World recorded 125,876 ha for string beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, string beans — area harvested in World peaked at 238,822 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 125,876 ha, in 2024.
World ranks 1st of 23 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
String beans — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 174,197 ha | — |
| 1962 | 168,487 ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 173,380 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 182,357 ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 184,162 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 194,124 ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 206,225 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 200,275 ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 194,361 ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 189,856 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 200,902 ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 205,231 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 221,300 ha | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 222,209 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 215,582 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 191,327 ha | -11.3% |
| 1977 | 205,455 ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 229,668 ha | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 225,806 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 223,603 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 207,829 ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 170,074 ha | -18.2% |
| 1983 | 159,531 ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 168,949 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 172,927 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 162,244 ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 173,582 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 172,366 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 190,188 ha | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 199,539 ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 197,428 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 215,991 ha | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 214,165 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 220,497 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 225,322 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 221,781 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 217,803 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 222,151 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 224,637 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 232,467 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 221,361 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 225,704 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 226,672 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 230,408 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 235,762 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 238,822 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 237,319 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 234,220 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 232,844 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 223,682 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 216,074 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 210,629 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 196,444 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 200,226 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 192,040 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 196,677 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 192,474 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 157,640 ha | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 140,638 ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 142,640 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 139,767 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 138,514 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 130,229 ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 125,876 ha | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 186,396 ha | 168,487 ha | 206,225 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 210,734 ha | 189,856 ha | 229,668 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 180,129 ha | 159,531 ha | 223,603 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 215,931 ha | 197,428 ha | 225,322 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 231,558 ha | 221,361 ha | 238,822 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 192,652 ha | 140,638 ha | 223,682 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 135,405 ha | 125,876 ha | 142,640 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is string beans — area harvested in World?
- String beans — area harvested in World was 125,876 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest string beans — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 238,822 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest string beans — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 125,876 ha in 2024.
- How does World rank for string beans — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is string beans — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of String beans — 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.