Thailand rubber production and the provinces that grow the most
Thailand has 23.82 million rai of rubber across 69 provinces and produced 4.81 million tons in 2024 (crop year 2567), the largest output in the world. These figures explain why rubberwood biomass supply is real and continuous rather than scarce.
The headline numbers
| Standing area, nationwide | 23.82 million rai (2024) |
| Tappable area | 22.38 million rai (2024) |
| Output | 4.81 million tons (2024) |
| Provinces with rubber | 69 |
| Growers registered with RAOT | 1,709,592 (2022) |
Area and output figures come from the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), last updated July 2026.
The South holds more than half
The South has 13.65 million rai, or 57% of the national total. The Northeast follows with 6.20 million rai, or 26%.
The reason is climate: the South is hot and humid with rain spread through almost the whole year, the conditions rubber prefers. Planting has concentrated there from the beginning.
For anyone sourcing biomass fuel, that 57% is why Southern plants do not have to haul wood across the country. The distance from plantation to furnace is far shorter than elsewhere.
The 5 provinces with the most rubber
| Rank | Province | Standing area (2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surat Thani | 2.22 million rai |
| 2 | Songkhla | 2.18 million rai |
| 3 | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 1.84 million rai |
| 4 | Trang | 1.30 million rai |
| 5 | Yala | 1.17 million rai |
All top five are in the South. Surat Thani and Songkhla are only about 40,000 rai apart.
In Songkhla, the densest districts are Sadao at 435,961 rai, Na Thawi at 317,226 rai and Saba Yoi at 298,680 rai (2021 data from the Songkhla Provincial Agriculture and Cooperatives Office).
In the Northeast, Loei has the most rubber at 938,340 rai, followed by Bueng Kan at 876,112 rai, reflecting rubber's spread beyond the South over the past two decades.
It started in Trang
In BE 2442 (1899), Phraya Rasadanupradit Mahitsonphakdi, governor of Trang, planted rubber at Kantang district, Trang. It is the first clearly documented rubber planting in Thailand.
He had visited Malaya but could not bring planting material back, because Western plantation owners guarded their stock. In 1901 (BE 2444) Phra Sathon Sathanphithak brought rubber seedlings back from Indonesia, and the plants were handed out to villagers to grow. Locals called them "Thesa trees".
From there rubber spread across all 14 Southern provinces and then to other regions. The full story is in the father of Thai rubber.
Why this matters to a fuel buyer
23.82 million rai means felling for replanting happens constantly. Orchards older than 25 years or yielding less latex qualify for a replanting grant from the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT), so owners fell in cycles set by orchard age.
The wood from that cycle is not an incidental by-product. It is supply that can be forecast from planted area and orchard age. That is the difference between rubberwood biomass and agricultural residues that appear only in certain seasons.
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Sources
- Office of Agricultural Economics, Rubber production by country, region and province (data as of 7 Jul 2026)
- Songkhla Provincial Agriculture and Cooperatives Office, Songkhla rubber data
- ANRPC, Global rubber production faces continued challenges in 2025
- Thansettakij, Rubber farmers registered with RAOT (24 Sep 2022)
- Kantang Municipality, The first rubber tree in Thailand
- Rubber Authority of Thailand, Public manual: applying for a replanting grant
Reviewed by
Morse · Plant Manager, NTC Biomass
Runs the chipping yard in Ratsada, Trang, and takes customer calls directly. Outside figures in this article are cited in the sources at the end.
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