Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 1.04 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Asia stood at 1.04 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Asia peaked at 1.04 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 419,149 t, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 3rd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 419,149 t | — |
| 1962 | 467,700 t | +11.6% |
| 1963 | 462,377 t | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 492,565 t | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 494,587 t | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 463,871 t | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 566,267 t | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 570,406 t | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 558,886 t | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 526,217 t | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 557,579 t | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 582,337 t | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 506,646 t | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 596,373 t | +17.7% |
| 1975 | 505,584 t | -15.2% |
| 1976 | 483,431 t | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 581,544 t | +20.3% |
| 1978 | 645,381 t | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 602,106 t | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 603,996 t | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 643,138 t | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 686,908 t | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 738,995 t | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 664,220 t | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 672,404 t | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 613,546 t | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 613,381 t | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 516,630 t | -15.8% |
| 1989 | 637,956 t | +23.5% |
| 1990 | 694,017 t | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 701,416 t | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 753,454 t | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 772,846 t | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 730,198 t | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 716,460 t | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 688,322 t | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 786,411 t | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 818,316 t | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 906,410 t | +10.8% |
| 2000 | 693,067 t | -23.5% |
| 2001 | 490,622 t | -29.2% |
| 2002 | 717,008 t | +46.1% |
| 2003 | 644,849 t | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 695,506 t | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 717,193 t | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 729,598 t | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 681,048 t | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 661,291 t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 786,521 t | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 885,641 t | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 1.04 million t | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 1.03 million t | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 979,056 t | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 959,186 t | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 983,022 t | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 980,028 t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 966,247 t | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 969,289 t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.01 million t | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 991,269 t | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.02 million t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 983,091 t | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 996,860 t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.04 million t | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 499,534 t | 419,149 t | 570,406 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 558,720 t | 483,431 t | 645,381 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 639,117 t | 516,630 t | 738,995 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 756,785 t | 688,322 t | 906,410 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 681,670 t | 490,622 t | 786,521 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 980,034 t | 885,641 t | 1.04 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million t | 983,091 t | 1.04 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Asia?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Asia was 1.04 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 419,149 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Production. 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.