Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 11,833 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 11,833 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 16,176 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 21st of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 1,841 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | +19.5% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 3,250 ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 3,514 ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 3,883 ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 3,865 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 4,582 ha | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 3,077 ha | -32.8% |
| 1981 | 2,807 ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 5,143 ha | +83.2% |
| 1983 | 4,682 ha | -9.0% |
| 1984 | 6,432 ha | +37.4% |
| 1985 | 4,493 ha | -30.1% |
| 1986 | 7,115 ha | +58.4% |
| 1987 | 6,526 ha | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 7,994 ha | +22.5% |
| 1989 | 7,882 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 8,127 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 8,638 ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 9,401 ha | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 9,573 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 7,526 ha | -21.4% |
| 1995 | 8,465 ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 9,440 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 12,629 ha | +33.8% |
| 1998 | 13,902 ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 15,755 ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 16,176 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 14,697 ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 14,978 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 12,811 ha | -14.5% |
| 2004 | 15,116 ha | +18.0% |
| 2005 | 14,051 ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 15,504 ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 15,236 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 14,995 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 14,140 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 14,030 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 15,011 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 12,733 ha | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 12,795 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 12,582 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 11,657 ha | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 11,527 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 11,504 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 11,169 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 11,750 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 12,112 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 11,747 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 11,820 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 11,726 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 11,833 ha | +0.9% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 11,833 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 4.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 11,833 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 798 ha, 14.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +83.2% | 2,807 ha | 5,143 ha |
| 1986 | +58.4% | 4,493 ha | 7,115 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,389 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,044 ha | 1,800 ha | 4,582 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,615 ha | 2,807 ha | 7,994 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,346 ha | 7,526 ha | 15,755 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,770 ha | 12,811 ha | 16,176 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,476 ha | 11,169 ha | 15,011 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,848 ha | 11,726 ha | 12,112 ha | 5 |
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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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Mexico?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Mexico was 11,833 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 16,176 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 21st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.