Avocados — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Avocados — Area harvested was 253,044 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — area harvested in Mexico is 253,044 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 64.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 253,309 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,723 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 1st of 91 countries 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,723 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,898 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 9,972 ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 10,055 ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 12,181 ha | +21.1% |
| 1966 | 13,660 ha | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 15,034 ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 16,031 ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 17,104 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 19,111 ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 23,797 ha | +24.5% |
| 1972 | 26,864 ha | +12.9% |
| 1973 | 31,324 ha | +16.6% |
| 1974 | 33,555 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 37,453 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 36,942 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 45,243 ha | +22.5% |
| 1978 | 51,450 ha | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 48,861 ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 54,498 ha | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 55,640 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 55,796 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 57,480 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 56,869 ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 73,015 ha | +28.4% |
| 1986 | 66,362 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 61,211 ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 78,084 ha | +27.6% |
| 1989 | 56,831 ha | -27.2% |
| 1990 | 77,365 ha | +36.1% |
| 1991 | 82,926 ha | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 87,508 ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 82,792 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 89,747 ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 89,705 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 89,931 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 81,358 ha | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 92,215 ha | +13.3% |
| 1999 | 92,669 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 94,104 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 94,148 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 93,847 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 95,399 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 100,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 103,119 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 105,477 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 110,377 ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 112,479 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 121,491 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 123,403 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 126,598 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 130,308 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 144,244 ha | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 153,771 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 166,945 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 180,536 ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 188,723 ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 206,389 ha | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 215,942 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 224,422 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 226,534 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 236,132 ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 253,309 ha | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 253,044 ha | -0.1% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 253,044 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,487 ha, 101.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 253,044 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 573 ha, 441.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,406 ha | 8,723 ha | 17,104 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,460 ha | 19,111 ha | 51,450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,579 ha | 54,498 ha | 78,084 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,622 ha | 77,365 ha | 92,669 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,044 ha | 93,847 ha | 121,491 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 163,686 ha | 123,403 ha | 215,942 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 238,688 ha | 224,422 ha | 253,309 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 avocados — area harvested in Mexico?
- Avocados — area harvested in Mexico was 253,044 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 253,309 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,723 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 1st out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.6%. 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 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.