Avocados — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Avocados — Area harvested was 21,453 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in Northern America stood at 21,453 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 34,960 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 9,510 ha, in 1969.
That places Northern America 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,480 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,640 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 10,930 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 10,840 ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 9,750 ha | -10.1% |
| 1966 | 9,670 ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 9,750 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 9,510 ha | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 9,630 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 9,910 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 10,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 10,840 ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 12,140 ha | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 13,310 ha | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 15,460 ha | +16.2% |
| 1977 | 18,010 ha | +16.5% |
| 1978 | 20,720 ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 24,040 ha | +16.0% |
| 1980 | 27,150 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 29,540 ha | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 31,560 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 33,590 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 33,990 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 34,480 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 34,920 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 34,840 ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 34,960 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 34,760 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 33,790 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 33,350 ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 32,990 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 29,520 ha | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 27,200 ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 27,160 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 26,630 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 26,730 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 26,560 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 26,358 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 26,395 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 26,155 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 26,568 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 27,074 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 27,790 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 27,357 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 29,070 ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 29,684 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 29,473 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 26,819 ha | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 24,253 ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 24,261 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 25,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 24,767 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 23,876 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 23,990 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 23,350 ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 23,530 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 21,710 ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 21,416 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 21,335 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 21,432 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 20,935 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 21,117 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 21,453 ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,174 ha | 9,510 ha | 10,930 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,426 ha | 9,630 ha | 24,040 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,979 ha | 27,150 ha | 34,960 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,029 ha | 26,358 ha | 33,790 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,638 ha | 26,155 ha | 29,684 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,615 ha | 21,416 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,254 ha | 20,935 ha | 21,453 ha | 5 |
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 0.7981 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 52.13 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Northern America?
- Avocados — area harvested in Northern America was 21,453 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 34,960 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,510 ha in 1969.
- How does Northern America rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.