Asparagus — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Asparagus — Area harvested was 76,439 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 76,439 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Americas peaked at 82,982 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 40,414 ha, in 1979.
That places Americas 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 64,361 ha | — |
| 1962 | 63,786 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 63,323 ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 62,932 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 57,506 ha | -8.6% |
| 1966 | 56,505 ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 55,740 ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 53,504 ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 51,102 ha | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 49,868 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 50,371 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 54,053 ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 53,945 ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 54,365 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 51,800 ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 49,702 ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 48,159 ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 41,467 ha | -13.9% |
| 1979 | 40,414 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 41,717 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 42,689 ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 42,104 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 42,639 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 48,423 ha | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 49,646 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 53,914 ha | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 56,730 ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 57,630 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 61,152 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 65,238 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 65,088 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 65,529 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 68,234 ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 65,451 ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 66,406 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 69,333 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 65,852 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 66,782 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 70,171 ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 73,551 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 70,011 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 68,353 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 63,746 ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 65,653 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 60,546 ha | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 59,995 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 59,387 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 65,407 ha | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 65,986 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 65,921 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 67,834 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 66,833 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 68,553 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 69,078 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 71,944 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 74,354 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 76,752 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 79,419 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 79,978 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 79,788 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 81,137 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 82,982 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 80,715 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 76,439 ha | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,751 ha | 51,102 ha | 64,361 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,414 ha | 40,414 ha | 54,365 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,664 ha | 41,717 ha | 61,152 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,808 ha | 65,088 ha | 70,171 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,264 ha | 59,387 ha | 73,551 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,067 ha | 65,921 ha | 79,978 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,212 ha | 76,439 ha | 82,982 ha | 5 |
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- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Americas?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Americas was 76,439 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 82,982 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,414 ha in 1979.
- How does Americas rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.