Avocados — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Avocados — Area harvested was 641,256 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in Americas stood at 641,256 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 71.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Americas peaked at 641,256 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56,175 ha, in 1961.
Americas ranks 2nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,175 ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,567 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 61,384 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 62,177 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 64,510 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 67,279 ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 71,115 ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 75,076 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 79,140 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 84,554 ha | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 88,555 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 93,561 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 100,029 ha | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 106,371 ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 112,758 ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 113,333 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 124,513 ha | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 132,526 ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 133,024 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 141,649 ha | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 147,986 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 151,230 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 155,844 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 156,435 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 200,917 ha | +28.4% |
| 1986 | 196,075 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 191,131 ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 210,498 ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 190,380 ha | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 194,414 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 199,366 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 203,878 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 196,518 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 203,524 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 206,902 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 210,353 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 196,651 ha | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 207,452 ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 215,489 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 218,480 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 223,601 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 229,208 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 239,624 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 250,390 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 251,132 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 263,155 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 271,684 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 273,465 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 287,615 ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 306,467 ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 317,719 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 330,624 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 360,258 ha | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 374,788 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 411,355 ha | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 462,552 ha | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 470,768 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 491,818 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 510,470 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 527,057 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 550,555 ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 581,234 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 616,330 ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 641,256 ha | +4.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Area harvested in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +28.4% | 156,435 ha | 200,917 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,158 ha | 56,175 ha | 79,140 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 108,922 ha | 84,554 ha | 133,024 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 174,214 ha | 141,649 ha | 210,498 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 203,455 ha | 194,414 ha | 215,489 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 250,835 ha | 218,480 ha | 287,615 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 403,682 ha | 306,467 ha | 510,470 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 583,286 ha | 527,057 ha | 641,256 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 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 avocados — area harvested in Americas?
- Avocados — area harvested in Americas was 641,256 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 641,256 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,175 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.