Wheat — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Wheat — Area harvested was 746 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 746 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 13,000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 716 ha, in 2022.
Bhutan ranks 113th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 5,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 5,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 5,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 6,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 6,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 6,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 6,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 6,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 7,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 7,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,500 ha | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 10,620 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 11,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 6,410 ha | -35.9% |
| 1989 | 6,420 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 6,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,600 ha | -64.6% |
| 2001 | 4,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 4,066 ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 3,345 ha | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 3,069 ha | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 8,865 ha | +188.9% |
| 2006 | 6,750 ha | -23.9% |
| 2007 | 6,872 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 3,301 ha | -52.0% |
| 2009 | 3,118 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 2,252 ha | -27.8% |
| 2011 | 2,348 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 2,242 ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 2,270 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,315 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,962 ha | -15.2% |
| 2016 | 1,505 ha | -23.3% |
| 2017 | 2,129 ha | +41.5% |
| 2018 | 1,140 ha | -46.5% |
| 2019 | 1,004 ha | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 995 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 926 ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 716 ha | -22.7% |
| 2023 | 731 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 746 ha | +2.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 746 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +188.9% | 3,069 ha | 8,865 ha |
| 2000 | -64.6% | 13,000 ha | 4,600 ha |
| 2008 | -52.0% | 6,872 ha | 3,301 ha |
| 2018 | -46.5% | 2,129 ha | 1,140 ha |
| 2017 | +41.5% | 1,505 ha | 2,129 ha |
| 1988 | -35.9% | 10,000 ha | 6,410 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,411 ha | 4,900 ha | 6,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,230 ha | 6,300 ha | 8,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,295 ha | 6,410 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,300 ha | 5,500 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,849 ha | 3,069 ha | 8,865 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,917 ha | 1,004 ha | 2,348 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 822.8 ha | 716 ha | 995 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Wheat — area harvested in Bhutan was 746 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 13,000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 716 ha in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 113th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.