World Wheat Facts and Trends 1995/96

South Asia and Pacific

CONSUMERS Regional
              total or
    Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam average
  General indicators            
1 Estimated population, 1995 (million) 197.6 20.1 67.6 58.8 74.5 441.6
2 Estimated growth rate of population,            
  1993-2000 (%/yr) 1.4 2.3 2 0.9 2.1 1.6
3 Per capita income 1994 (US $) 880 3480 950 2410 200 1106
4 Average per capita cereal production,            
  1993-95 (kg/yr) 285 110 224 416 336 289
5 Growth rate of per capita cereal production, 1985-95 (%/yr) 1 -0.1 -0.5 -1.3 2.7 0.5
               
  Production of wheat and all cereals            
6 Average wheat area harvested,            
  1993-95 (000 ha) 1 1
7 Average wheat yield, 1993-95 (t/ha) 0.7 0.8
8 Average wheat production 1993-95 (000 t) 1 1
9 Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66 (%)
10 Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77 (%)
11 Growth rate of wheat area 1977-1985 (%)
12 Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95 (%)
13 Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66 (%)
14 Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77 (%)
15 Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85 (%)
16 Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95 (%)
17 Growth rate of wheat production, 1951-66 (%)
18 Growth rate of wheat production, 1966-77 (%)
19 Growth rate of wheat production, 1977-85 (%)
20 Growth rate of wheat production, 1985-95 (%)
21 Wheat area as percent of total cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) 0 0 0 <1 0 0
22 Average yield of all cereals, 1993-95 (t/ha) 3.9 3 2.2 2.3 3.4 3
23 Growth rate of yield of all cereals,            
  1951-95 (%/yr) 2.8 1.3 2.2 1.3 1.9 2.1
               
  Trade and utilization            
24 Average net imports of wheat, 1992-94 (000 t) 2808 946 1939 608 352 6940
25 Average net imports of wheat per capita,            
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 15 49 30 11 5 16
26 Average per capita wheat consumption,            
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 14 48 31 10 5 16
27 Growth rate of per capita wheat consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) 7.3 5.1 10.2 15.1 4.3 7.9
               
  Prices and input use            
28 Percent of total wheat area under semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994
29 Nitrogen applied per hectare of wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha)
30 Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US $/ton)
31 Ratio of farm level nitrogen price to wheat price, 1993-94
32 Farm wage in kg of wheat per day, 1993-94

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