Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 1.03 million ha in China; the lowest is 0 ha in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,417 ha, and the mean is 31,490 ha.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.03 million ha | 2024 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 1.03 million ha | 2024 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 3 | India | 414,334 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 4 | Brazil | 331,730 ha | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 253,333 ha | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 136,126 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 7 | Malawi | 114,292 ha | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 8 | USSR | 105,000 ha | 1991 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 9 | Mozambique | 69,856 ha | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 54,743 ha | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 54,603 ha | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 12 | Yugoslav SFR | 45,102 ha | 1991 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 40,915 ha | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 14 | Philippines | 31,325 ha | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 15 | Uganda | 23,274 ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Kenya | 21,399 ha | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 19,859 ha | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 14,873 ha | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 19 | Guatemala | 14,618 ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 20 | Myanmar | 14,605 ha | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 21 | Zambia | 12,837 ha | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Republic of Korea | 11,613 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Italy | 11,360 ha | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 24 | Cuba | 11,250 ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 25 | Canada | 9,795 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Nigeria | 9,525 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 27 | Poland | 9,300 ha | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 9,234 ha | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Yemen | 9,084 ha | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 30 | Lebanon | 8,321 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia and Montenegro | 7,413 ha | 2005 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 32 | Mexico | 7,276 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Ecuador | 6,866 ha | 2024 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 6,183 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 35 | Spain | 6,180 ha | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 36 | Cambodia | 5,484 ha | 2024 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 37 | Greece | 5,280 ha | 2024 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Togo | 4,405 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 39 | Algeria | 4,391 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 40 | Cameroon | 4,318 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 4,318 ha | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Serbia | 4,116 ha | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 43 | South Africa | 4,083 ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Rwanda | 4,064 ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 45 | Japan | 3,385 ha | 2024 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Honduras | 3,275 ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 3,232 ha | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 3,187 ha | 2024 | up 187.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Czechoslovakia | 2,876 ha | 1992 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 50 | Croatia | 2,810 ha | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 51 | Ethiopia PDR | 2,801 ha | 1992 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 2,750 ha | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Angola | 2,703 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 54 | Iraq | 2,700 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 2,020 ha | 2024 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Colombia | 1,888 ha | 2024 | down 87.8% | falling |
| 57 | Guinea | 1,826 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 58 | Tunisia | 1,584 ha | 2024 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 1,581 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 1,563 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Germany | 1,500 ha | 2020 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 62 | Panama | 1,497 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 63 | Madagascar | 1,481 ha | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 64 | Burundi | 1,440 ha | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Australia | 1,417 ha | 2005 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 65 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,417 ha | 2005 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Palestine | 1,404 ha | 2022 | up 203.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Paraguay | 1,200 ha | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Nepal | 1,188 ha | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Congo | 1,121 ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 1,120 ha | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Ukraine | 1,100 ha | 2024 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 73 | France | 1,020 ha | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 943 ha | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 75 | Albania | 907 ha | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 76 | El Salvador | 903 ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 899 ha | 2024 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 820 ha | 2024 | down 88.8% | falling |
| 79 | Uruguay | 803 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Jamaica | 781 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 81 | China, Taiwan Province of | 629 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Libya | 601 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 83 | Central African Republic | 549 ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Niger | 471 ha | 2024 | up 128.6% | falling |
| 85 | Morocco | 466 ha | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Haiti | 460 ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 87 | Mali | 428 ha | 2024 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 88 | Fiji | 402 ha | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Romania | 390 ha | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 382 ha | 1999 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 91 | Switzerland | 362 ha | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 92 | Armenia | 352 ha | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Somalia | 349 ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 94 | Eswatini | 345 ha | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 302 ha | 2024 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 291 ha | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 279 ha | 2024 | down 81.5% | falling |
| 98 | Oman | 247 ha | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 211 ha | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Chad | 147 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Bhutan | 146 ha | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Solomon Islands | 130 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 103 | Guyana | 126 ha | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 104 | Montenegro | 114 ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 113 ha | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 101 ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Malaysia | 65 ha | 2024 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Austria | 63 ha | 2017 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Jordan | 61 ha | 2024 | up 771.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Samoa | 49 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 32 ha | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Belgium | 30 ha | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Réunion | 23 ha | 2006 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 14 ha | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Russian Federation | 13 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Israel | 12 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Slovakia | 10 ha | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 8 ha | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Benin | 5 ha | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Puerto Rico | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 122 | Cyprus | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritius | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | 0 ha | 1998 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Portugal | 0 ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Senegal | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Singapore | 0 ha | 1998 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Sweden | 0 ha | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Guadeloupe | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.29 million ha
- Asia 2.08 million ha
- Eastern Asia 1.10 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 482,612 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 636,606 ha
- United Republic of Tanzania 157,664 ha
- Africa 613,627 ha
- Türkiye 78,033 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 605,724 ha
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 59,294 ha
- Eastern Africa 546,014 ha
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 22,608 ha
- Americas 532,819 ha
- Viet Nam 17,931 ha
- Southern Asia 522,889 ha
- Middle Africa 16,416 ha
- South America 401,333 ha
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,582 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 345,702 ha
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,578 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 326,787 ha
- Syrian Arab Republic 5,735 ha
- Western Asia 110,431 ha
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,100 ha
- Northern America 77,565 ha
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,590 ha
- United States of America 67,770 ha
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,198 ha
- Europe 63,355 ha
- Melanesia 532 ha
- Southern Europe 45,919 ha
- Republic of Moldova 451 ha
- European Union (27) 41,140 ha
- Polynesia 49 ha
- Western Africa 39,728 ha
- Timor-Leste 0 ha
- Central America 32,019 ha
- Caribbean 21,901 ha
- Eastern Europe 16,024 ha
- Côte d'Ivoire 15,840 ha
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.