Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 19,859 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 19,859 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 152,040 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 16,439 ha, in 2015.
That places Thailand 17th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,640 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 40,160 ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 51,200 ha | +27.5% |
| 1965 | 70,080 ha | +36.9% |
| 1966 | 83,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 1967 | 61,900 ha | -25.4% |
| 1968 | 83,000 ha | +34.1% |
| 1969 | 83,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 85,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 88,600 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 100,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1973 | 98,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 111,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 142,900 ha | +28.7% |
| 1976 | 146,298 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 151,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 152,040 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 81,241 ha | -46.6% |
| 1980 | 90,494 ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 86,497 ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 87,680 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 94,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 91,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 91,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 85,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 80,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 70,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 56,716 ha | -19.0% |
| 1990 | 63,095 ha | +11.2% |
| 1991 | 62,220 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 74,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 1993 | 42,000 ha | -43.2% |
| 1994 | 45,200 ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 42,300 ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 45,800 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 49,700 ha | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 51,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 51,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 31,363 ha | -38.9% |
| 2001 | 31,166 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 32,780 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 37,074 ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 30,502 ha | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 30,497 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 32,120 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 42,570 ha | +32.5% |
| 2008 | 31,870 ha | -25.1% |
| 2009 | 30,836 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 31,198 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 31,565 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 28,026 ha | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 26,419 ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 24,665 ha | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 16,439 ha | -33.4% |
| 2016 | 22,508 ha | +36.9% |
| 2017 | 21,961 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 20,303 ha | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 21,590 ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 20,897 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 19,871 ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 19,587 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 20,118 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 19,859 ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,531 ha | 40,160 ha | 83,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 115,688 ha | 81,241 ha | 152,040 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 83,239 ha | 56,716 ha | 94,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,662 ha | 42,000 ha | 74,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,078 ha | 30,497 ha | 42,570 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,467 ha | 16,439 ha | 31,565 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,066 ha | 19,587 ha | 20,897 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 14 Philippines 31,325 ha compare
- 15 Uganda 23,274 ha compare
- 16 Kenya 21,399 ha compare
- 18 North Macedonia 14,873 ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 0 ha compare
- 19 Guatemala 14,618 ha compare
- 20 Myanmar 14,605 ha compare
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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Thailand?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Thailand was 19,859 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 152,040 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,439 ha in 2015.
- How does Thailand rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 17th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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.