Mexico vs Oceania: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Mexico
8.70 million ha
in 2024
Oceania
19.60 million ha
in 2024
Mexico rank
22nd
Oceania rank
13th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Mexico
  • Oceania
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

How they compare

Oceania currently reports 19.60 million ha against 8.70 million ha in Mexico, a difference of 10.90 million ha.

That makes Oceania's figure about 2.3 times Mexico's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Oceania has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 22nd and Oceania ranks 13th of 178 countries.

Oceania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Oceania Difference Ahead
1960s 8.97 million ha 10.92 million ha 1.94 million ha Oceania
1970s 9.47 million ha 13.14 million ha 3.67 million ha Oceania
1980s 9.98 million ha 16.12 million ha 6.14 million ha Oceania
1990s 10.42 million ha 14.65 million ha 4.23 million ha Oceania
2000s 10.11 million ha 19.28 million ha 9.17 million ha Oceania
2010s 9.71 million ha 18.02 million ha 8.31 million ha Oceania
2020s 9.11 million ha 18.68 million ha 9.57 million ha Oceania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Mexico or Oceania?
Oceania, at 19.60 million ha against 8.70 million ha in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Mexico and Oceania?
10.90 million ha, with Oceania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Oceania?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Oceania rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Mexico ranks 22nd and Oceania ranks 13th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.