Asparagus — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Asparagus — Area harvested was 7,229 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Asparagus — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in Northern America is 7,229 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.8% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 61,611 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 7,229 ha, in 2024.
That places Northern America 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,611 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,991 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 60,487 ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 60,109 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 54,652 ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 53,390 ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 52,360 ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 50,339 ha | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 47,878 ha | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 46,708 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 47,473 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 49,638 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 48,185 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 47,052 ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 43,082 ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 39,131 ha | -9.2% |
| 1977 | 36,180 ha | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 35,318 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 34,149 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 35,071 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 34,765 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 34,176 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 35,550 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 38,436 ha | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 39,234 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 41,282 ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 42,680 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 42,913 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 41,854 ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 40,077 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 37,823 ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 36,478 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 34,321 ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 32,510 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 30,637 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 30,967 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 31,213 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 31,230 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 31,931 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 32,568 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 29,669 ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 27,938 ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 24,753 ha | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 26,286 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 21,337 ha | -18.8% |
| 2006 | 18,958 ha | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 17,256 ha | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 14,673 ha | -15.0% |
| 2009 | 13,680 ha | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 13,023 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 12,460 ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 11,964 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 11,681 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 11,529 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 10,750 ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 12,499 ha | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 12,669 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 10,792 ha | -14.8% |
| 2019 | 10,415 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 9,237 ha | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 8,703 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 9,032 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 8,590 ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 7,229 ha | -15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,757 ha | 47,878 ha | 61,611 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,692 ha | 34,149 ha | 49,638 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,596 ha | 34,176 ha | 42,913 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,719 ha | 30,637 ha | 40,077 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,712 ha | 13,680 ha | 32,568 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,778 ha | 10,415 ha | 13,023 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,558 ha | 7,229 ha | 9,237 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Northern America?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Northern America was 7,229 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 61,611 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,229 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern America rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. 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 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.