Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 359,795 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 359,795 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 630,138 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 227,744 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 227,744 ha | — |
| 1962 | 253,242 ha | +11.2% |
| 1963 | 256,008 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 251,299 ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 248,533 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 270,161 ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 275,398 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 259,509 ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 272,920 ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 274,807 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 276,853 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 289,062 ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 298,235 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 297,801 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 293,579 ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 284,623 ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 293,785 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 298,765 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 300,488 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 303,987 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 326,654 ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 298,593 ha | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 299,562 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 294,333 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 274,039 ha | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 289,116 ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 317,712 ha | +9.9% |
| 1988 | 351,222 ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 365,327 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 390,314 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 408,046 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 430,629 ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 465,888 ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 500,017 ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 527,602 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 538,709 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 552,952 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 572,718 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 572,490 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 591,970 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 630,138 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 617,780 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 554,066 ha | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 518,418 ha | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 473,438 ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 450,090 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 470,235 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 465,186 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 453,218 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 470,063 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 432,375 ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 408,213 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 368,171 ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 359,059 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 355,022 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 363,668 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 366,052 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 367,376 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 369,980 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 360,177 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 360,907 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 356,636 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 352,258 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 359,795 ha | +2.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 359,795 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 8.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 359,795 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20,233 ha, 17.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 257,202 ha | 227,744 ha | 275,398 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 290,800 ha | 274,807 ha | 300,488 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 312,054 ha | 274,039 ha | 365,327 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 495,936 ha | 390,314 ha | 572,718 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 522,454 ha | 450,090 ha | 630,138 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 385,998 ha | 355,022 ha | 470,063 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 357,955 ha | 352,258 ha | 360,907 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 16 Republic of Moldova 39,265 ha compare
- 16 Ukraine 386,779 ha compare
- 17 Myanmar 380,654 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 17,870 ha compare
- 18 Japan 361,476 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,859 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 798 ha compare
- 20 Brazil 353,177 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 322 ha compare
- 21 Nepal 334,784 ha compare
- 22 Italy 330,660 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Thailand?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Thailand was 359,795 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 630,138 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 227,744 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.