FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Thailand
According to FAOSTAT, Thailand produced 38.6 million t of cereals (17th in the world), 2.7 million t of vegetables, 9.9 million t of fruit (18th in the world), 3.1 million t of meat and 1.3 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (82.4 million t), rice (33.6 million t) and cassava (28.6 million t).
- Products recorded
- 128
- World #1
- 1
- products
- World top 10
- 37
- products
- Year
- 2024
Thailand is the world’s largest producer of natural rubber, and ranks second or third for 11 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in palm kernels (+62%), followed by mangoes and guavas (−59%).
Livestock numbers: 4.3 million cattle, 7.9 million pigs, 41,664 sheep and 483,791 goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sugar crops | 82,435,400 | 5 | 3.69% | −21% |
| All cereals | 38,639,722 | 17 | 1.23% | −6.2% |
| All roots and tubers | 29,129,728 | 6 | 3.09% | −4.4% |
| All fruit | 9,917,726 | 18 | 1.04% | −14% |
| All meat | 3,066,007 | 25 | 0.82% | +4.8% |
| All vegetables | 2,685,800 | 43 | 0.23% | +4.0% |
| All milk | 1,265,444 | 73 | 0.13% | +19% |
| All citrus fruit | 1,252,969 | 21 | 0.76% | +21% |
| All eggs | 1,138,952 | 12 | 1.14% | +0.9% |
| All pulses | 215,891 | 48 | 0.22% | +2.6% |
| All tree nuts | 39,119 | 44 | 0.21% | −6.4% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 82,435,400 | 5 | 4.25% | −21% |
| Rice (paddy) | 33,551,337 | 6 | 4.09% | −6.7% |
| Cassava | 28,624,312 | 3 | 8.37% | −4.7% |
| Oil palm fruit | 18,606,769 | 3 | 4.44% | +49% |
| Raw sugar | 10,269,245 | 3 | 5.48% | +2.4% |
| Natural rubber | 4,789,042 | 1 | 32.29% | +4.9% |
| Maize | 4,558,192 | 28 | 0.37% | −5.1% |
| Molasses | 4,090,583 | 5 | 5.58% | −9.9% |
| Palm oil | 3,323,200 | 3 | 4.18% | +69% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 3,272,184 | 2 | 13.68% | +31% |
| Beer | 2,105,000 | 17 | 1.14% | −7.4% |
| Chicken meat | 1,917,977 | 15 | 1.49% | +9.2% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 1,486,723 | 10 | 2.39% | −59% |
| Bananas | 1,298,998 | 19 | 0.93% | −7.1% |
| Cow milk | 1,265,444 | 68 | 0.16% | +19% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 1,100,000 | 10 | 2.8% | +57% |
| Pineapples | 1,092,211 | 9 | 3.72% | −43% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 1,056,562 | 20 | 0.38% | +6.9% |
| Coconuts, in shell | 975,238 | 10 | 1.49% | −2.5% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 939,974 | 20 | 0.75% | −0.9% |
| Hen eggs | 738,952 | 21 | 0.79% | +1.0% |
| Palm kernels | 726,000 | 3 | 3.77% | +62% |
| Oranges | 515,006 | 22 | 0.77% | +9.3% |
| Soya bean oil | 494,800 | 13 | 0.83% | +93% |
| Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c. | 400,000 | 2 | 6.35% | +0.7% |
| Green maize | 358,255 | 9 | 3.79% | +33% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 324,005 | 3 | 5.94% | +0.8% |
| Oil of palm kernel | 308,400 | 3 | 3.69% | +73% |
| Other beans, green | 280,254 | 6 | 1.08% | −7.9% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 280,114 | 7 | 2.86% | +5.4% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 266,186 | 7 | 2.7% | +9.9% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 263,379 | 22 | 0.51% | +91% |
| Cereals n.e.c. | 250,799 | 4 | 3.13% | +9.6% |
| Barley | 190,988 | 52 | 0.13% | +59% |
| Spring onions and shallots | 178,728 | 10 | 3.2% | +36% |
| Cabbages | 178,704 | 35 | 0.24% | −28% |
| Cucumbers | 176,804 | 30 | 0.2% | +1.1% |
| Ginger | 173,768 | 6 | 3.56% | +7.7% |
| Watermelons | 170,421 | 46 | 0.16% | +7.3% |
| Lemons and limes | 168,398 | 17 | 0.73% | +19% |
| Papayas | 161,769 | 12 | 1.1% | +2.7% |
| Tomatoes | 139,232 | 77 | 0.07% | +17% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 126,533 | 10 | 2.84% | +7.2% |
| Potatoes | 119,501 | 103 | 0.03% | +21% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 112,425 | 66 | 0.16% | −16% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 109,821 | 40 | 0.32% | −8.9% |
| Tea leaves | 106,643 | 17 | 0.33% | +165% |
| Taro | 105,800 | 13 | 0.58% | +8.3% |
| Skim milk of cows | 102,090 | 74 | 0.07% | +55% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 93,997 | 11 | 1.14% | −0.9% |
| Beans, dry | 89,358 | 42 | 0.3% | −3.2% |
| Kapok fruit | 85,699 | 2 | 30.29% | +1.2% |
| Grapes | 82,452 | 52 | 0.11% | +6.6% |
| Duck meat | 74,954 | 7 | 1.02% | +33% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 66,285 | 15 | 1.1% | −17% |
| Coir | 61,677 | 4 | 3.48% | +8.2% |
| Kapokseed in shell | 55,134 | 2 | 29.34% | −6.1% |
| Green garlic | 53,714 | 23 | 0.18% | −26% |
| Sorghum | 50,000 | 47 | 0.08% | +9.4% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 40,000 | 20 | 0.3% | −7.0% |
| Areca nuts | 38,273 | 7 | 1.64% | +5.7% |
| Fat of pigs | 38,144 | 15 | 0.34% | −0.9% |
| Canary seed | 37,086 | 3 | 12.53% | +7.6% |
| Onions, dry | 36,307 | 93 | 0.03% | −3.8% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 32,800 | 14 | 1.14% | +29% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 32,125 | 38 | 0.11% | +6.3% |
| Sesame seed | 31,000 | 23 | 0.46% | +7.6% |
| Coconut oil | 29,300 | 10 | 0.94% | 0.0% |
| Margarine and shortening | 26,661 | 43 | 0.2% | +56% |
| Tea, packed | 25,200 | 17 | 0.35% | +69% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 25,033 | 50 | 0.04% | −37% |
| Sunflower seed | 25,000 | 41 | 0.05% | +28% |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 24,448 | 18 | 0.58% | −7.4% |
| Asparagus | 24,264 | 10 | 0.27% | +62% |
| Kapok fibre | 21,934 | 2 | 27.82% | −6.1% |
| Eggplants | 20,748 | 48 | 0.04% | −22% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 19,326 | 70 | 0.04% | +7.4% |
| Buffalo meat | 18,144 | 12 | 0.25% | −36% |
| Yoghurt | 17,619 | 28 | 0.35% | +29% |
| Coffee, green | 16,623 | 32 | 0.15% | −56% |
| Soybeans | 16,347 | 63 | 0% | −72% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 14,830 | 44 | 0.06% | −26% |
| Other nuts | 14,670 | 16 | 1.35% | −4.6% |
| Whey, condensed | 14,633 | 14 | 0.57% | +163% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 14,200 | 45 | 0.06% | +35% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 12,915 | 21 | 0.66% | −53% |
| Castor oil seeds | 12,000 | 7 | 0.66% | +2,344% |
| Groundnut oil | 12,000 | 36 | 0.19% | −50% |
| Honey | 11,681 | 28 | 0.59% | +29% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 11,451 | 66 | 0.12% | −16% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 11,451 | 64 | 0.13% | −16% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 7,212 | 41 | 0.12% | −5.3% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 5,621 | 47 | 0.16% | −16% |
| Cream, fresh | 4,920 | 46 | 0.13% | +29% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 4,800 | 28 | 0.4% | −29% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 4,517 | 23 | 0.14% | +50% |
| Butter of cow milk | 3,723 | 63 | 0.06% | +72% |
| Seed cotton | 3,387 | 60 | 0% | +5.8% |
| Peas, green | 2,759 | 56 | 0.01% | −31% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 2,460 | 82 | 0.01% | −36% |
| Raw hides and skins of buffaloes | 2,141 | 14 | 0.14% | −36% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 2,137 | 37 | 0.15% | +3.9% |
| Kenaf | 2,111 | 11 | 0.92% | −14% |
| Cotton seed | 2,000 | 63 | 0% | 0.0% |
| Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling | 2,000 | 6 | 0.43% | −59% |
| Whey, dry | 1,906 | 38 | 0.06% | — |
| Goat meat | 1,896 | 92 | 0.02% | +3.4% |
| Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen | 1,778 | 14 | 0.14% | −36% |
| Cotton lint | 1,510 | 59 | 0.01% | +27% |
| Wheat | 1,320 | 110 | 0% | +0.5% |
| Mushrooms | 1,231 | 43 | 0% | +23% |
| Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. | 770 | 15 | 0.12% | +3.9% |
| Buffalo fat, unrendered | 581 | 12 | 0.13% | −36% |
| Wine | 560 | 66 | 0% | — |
| Goose meat | 491 | 16 | 0.01% | −39% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 383 | 84 | 0.03% | +3.2% |
| Raw silk (not thrown) | 291 | 7 | 0.31% | −57% |
| Jute, raw or retted | 267 | 13 | 0.01% | +21% |
| Pepper (black, white) | 261 | 33 | 0.03% | −78% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 257 | 88 | 0.02% | +3.6% |
| Cottonseed oil | 200 | 65 | 0% | 0.0% |
| Sheep meat | 147 | 145 | 0% | +8.1% |
| Cocoa beans | 123 | 52 | 0% | −15% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 51 | 91 | 0.02% | +4.1% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 30 | 118 | 0% | +7.1% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 25 | 120 | 0% | +8.7% |
| Sisal | 11 | 21 | 0% | −15% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 5 | 120 | 0% | 0.0% |
Live animals, 2024
| Product | Head | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens | 295,445,000 | 15 | 1.07% | +11% |
| Ducks | 16,250,000 | 8 | 1.27% | +6.8% |
| Pigs | 7,867,214 | 21 | 0.82% | +3.6% |
| Cattle | 4,293,189 | 57 | 0.27% | −12% |
| Buffalo | 872,691 | 14 | 0.41% | −14% |
| Goats | 483,791 | 92 | 0.04% | +8.1% |
| Geese | 54,000 | 24 | 0.01% | −46% |
| Sheep | 41,664 | 140 | 0% | −5.1% |
| Horses | 5,316 | 100 | 0.01% | −16% |
| Mules and hinnies | 53 | 60 | 0% | +6.0% |
| Asses | 27 | 102 | 0% | −23% |
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.