Wheat — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Wheat — Area harvested was 1,296 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Thailand is 1,296 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1,305 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 109th 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 176 ha | — |
| 1987 | 320 ha | +81.8% |
| 1988 | 595 ha | +85.9% |
| 1989 | 488 ha | -18.0% |
| 1990 | 750 ha | +53.7% |
| 1991 | 862 ha | +14.9% |
| 1992 | 964 ha | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 1,200 ha | +24.5% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 942 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | +16.8% |
| 1997 | 1,095 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,200 ha | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 1,142 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 1,148 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 1,163 ha | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 1,195 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 1,204 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,227 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,262 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1,254 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,267 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1,253 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,260 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,221 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,150 ha | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1,213 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1,259 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,258 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,260 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,268 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,293 ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,296 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,305 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,288 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 1,292 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,296 ha | +0.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1,296 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 0% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1,296 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 143,400 ha, 1% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +85.9% | 320 ha | 595 ha |
| 1987 | +81.8% | 176 ha | 320 ha |
| 1990 | +53.7% | 488 ha | 750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 157.9 ha | 0 ha | 595 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,026 ha | 750 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,197 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,267 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,238 ha | 1,150 ha | 1,293 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,295 ha | 1,288 ha | 1,305 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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 wheat — area harvested in Thailand?
- Wheat — area harvested in Thailand was 1,296 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,305 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 109th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 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.