Apricots — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Apricots — Area harvested was 2,451 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 2,451 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 17,190 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 2,451 ha, in 2024.
Northern America ranks 20th of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,860 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,470 ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 15,880 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 17,190 ha | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 15,520 ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 16,020 ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 15,330 ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 15,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 14,780 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 14,220 ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 13,427 ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 12,840 ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 12,300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 12,440 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 12,480 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 11,860 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 11,760 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 11,620 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 10,420 ha | -10.3% |
| 1980 | 10,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 9,821 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 9,650 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 9,250 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 8,920 ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 8,543 ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 8,400 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 8,340 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 8,260 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 7,634 ha | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 7,810 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 7,846 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 8,175 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 8,657 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 8,845 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 8,814 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 9,006 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 8,901 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 8,877 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 8,448 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 8,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,043 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 7,217 ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 6,904 ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 6,206 ha | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 5,805 ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 5,408 ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 5,285 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 5,230 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 5,097 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 5,007 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 4,925 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 4,724 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 4,514 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 4,492 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 4,017 ha | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 4,577 ha | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 4,681 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 4,401 ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 3,992 ha | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 3,529 ha | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 3,057 ha | -13.4% |
| 2022 | 2,636 ha | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 2,495 ha | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 2,451 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,917 ha | 14,780 ha | 17,190 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,337 ha | 10,420 ha | 14,220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,932 ha | 7,634 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,538 ha | 7,810 ha | 9,006 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,364 ha | 5,097 ha | 8,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,533 ha | 3,992 ha | 5,007 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,834 ha | 2,451 ha | 3,529 ha | 5 |
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- Meat, Poultry — Production 24.14 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 411,780 1000 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 1.13 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 20,080 kg/ha (2024)
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- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,271 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in Northern America?
- Apricots — area harvested in Northern America was 2,451 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 17,190 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,451 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern America rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.