Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 522,889 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Southern Asia is 522,889 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 644,062 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 363,169 ha, in 2001.
Southern Asia ranks 8th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 519,897 ha | — |
| 1962 | 549,748 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 525,097 ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 570,124 ha | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 529,663 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 514,895 ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 579,043 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 575,629 ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 585,554 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 579,020 ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 588,181 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 591,287 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 572,290 ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 583,825 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 511,134 ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 495,937 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 580,591 ha | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 644,062 ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 544,336 ha | -15.5% |
| 1980 | 566,653 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 591,828 ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 586,422 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 638,222 ha | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 581,188 ha | -8.9% |
| 1985 | 584,272 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 539,770 ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 515,791 ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 438,819 ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 497,282 ha | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 532,633 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 526,310 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 551,983 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 546,187 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 506,723 ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 492,869 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 508,345 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 546,218 ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 583,937 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 629,412 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 549,533 ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 363,169 ha | -33.9% |
| 2002 | 457,349 ha | +25.9% |
| 2003 | 428,515 ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 463,550 ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 466,917 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 478,127 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 465,513 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 446,467 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 484,735 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 553,162 ha | +14.1% |
| 2011 | 605,730 ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 571,685 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 557,441 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 538,167 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 549,739 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 548,269 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 538,307 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 529,986 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 543,301 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 523,701 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 517,568 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 515,181 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 512,587 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 522,889 ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 549,961 ha | 514,895 ha | 585,554 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 569,066 ha | 495,937 ha | 644,062 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 554,025 ha | 438,819 ha | 638,222 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 542,462 ha | 492,869 ha | 629,412 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 460,388 ha | 363,169 ha | 549,533 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 553,579 ha | 529,986 ha | 605,730 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 518,385 ha | 512,587 ha | 523,701 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 59,294 ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 253,333 ha compare
- 6 Zimbabwe 136,126 ha compare
- 7 Malawi 114,292 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 17,931 ha compare
- 8 USSR 105,000 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,582 ha compare
- 9 Mozambique 69,856 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 54,743 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,578 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 54,603 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 5,735 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Southern Asia was 522,889 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 644,062 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 363,169 ha in 2001.
- How does Southern Asia rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.