Asparagus — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Asparagus — Area harvested was 35,662 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 35,662 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and up 74.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 37,218 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 3rd of 50 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 1,518 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +97.6% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 7,360 ha | +22.7% |
| 1976 | 9,226 ha | +25.4% |
| 1977 | 10,386 ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 4,273 ha | -58.9% |
| 1979 | 4,002 ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 4,174 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 4,573 ha | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 4,287 ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 3,106 ha | -27.5% |
| 1984 | 5,320 ha | +71.3% |
| 1985 | 5,124 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 5,858 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 6,048 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 5,129 ha | -15.2% |
| 1989 | 6,267 ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 9,980 ha | +59.2% |
| 1991 | 9,166 ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 9,978 ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 10,103 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 9,585 ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 9,552 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 9,409 ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 11,484 ha | +22.1% |
| 1998 | 13,070 ha | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 12,740 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 13,408 ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 14,582 ha | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 14,523 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 14,240 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 13,520 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 13,895 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 14,260 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 13,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 15,800 ha | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 17,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 16,436 ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 16,686 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 16,233 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 17,829 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 20,438 ha | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 22,232 ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 24,791 ha | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 26,139 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 30,792 ha | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 30,842 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 31,940 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 34,889 ha | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 35,940 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 37,218 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 35,662 ha | -4.2% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 35,662 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,186 ha, 30.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 35,662 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,554 ha, 22.9× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — Area harvested in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +97.6% | 1,518 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1984 | +71.3% | 3,106 ha | 5,320 ha |
| 1978 | -58.9% | 10,386 ha | 4,273 ha |
| 1990 | +59.2% | 6,267 ha | 9,980 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,367 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,176 ha | 1,500 ha | 10,386 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,989 ha | 3,106 ha | 6,267 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,507 ha | 9,166 ha | 13,070 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,513 ha | 13,408 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,242 ha | 16,233 ha | 30,842 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,130 ha | 31,940 ha | 37,218 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Mexico?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Mexico was 35,662 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 37,218 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 3rd out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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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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.