Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 471,002 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 471,002 ha for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Americas peaked at 777,165 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 51,750 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 59,750 ha | +15.5% |
| 1963 | 69,800 ha | +16.8% |
| 1964 | 63,800 ha | -8.6% |
| 1965 | 66,258 ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 75,322 ha | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 79,175 ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 74,132 ha | -6.4% |
| 1969 | 77,113 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 83,270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 107,100 ha | +28.6% |
| 1972 | 92,150 ha | -14.0% |
| 1973 | 68,423 ha | -25.7% |
| 1974 | 86,977 ha | +27.1% |
| 1975 | 112,102 ha | +28.9% |
| 1976 | 125,011 ha | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 137,181 ha | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 156,919 ha | +14.4% |
| 1979 | 172,426 ha | +9.9% |
| 1980 | 187,228 ha | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 205,666 ha | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 234,977 ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 234,294 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 322,102 ha | +37.5% |
| 1985 | 373,353 ha | +15.9% |
| 1986 | 414,924 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 448,055 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 458,297 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 524,652 ha | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 592,080 ha | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 655,406 ha | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 707,011 ha | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 738,218 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 692,791 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 714,889 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 563,510 ha | -21.2% |
| 1997 | 595,397 ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 635,363 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 627,193 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 664,613 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 652,679 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 679,068 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 696,233 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 705,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 715,146 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 725,129 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 746,487 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 763,224 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 774,064 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 773,053 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 777,165 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 770,953 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 708,792 ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 639,635 ha | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 604,081 ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 581,465 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 503,106 ha | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 453,484 ha | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 442,613 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 440,783 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 446,879 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 446,497 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 463,031 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 471,002 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,567 ha | 51,750 ha | 79,175 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 114,156 ha | 68,423 ha | 172,426 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 340,355 ha | 187,228 ha | 524,652 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 652,186 ha | 563,510 ha | 738,218 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 712,204 ha | 652,679 ha | 774,064 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 625,435 ha | 442,613 ha | 777,165 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 453,638 ha | 440,783 ha | 471,002 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 7 Côte d'Ivoire 1.43 million ha compare
- 7 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 8 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 124,274 ha compare
- 10 Mali 69,309 ha compare
- 11 Guinea 34,475 ha compare
- 12 Philippines 26,078 ha compare
- 13 Kenya 24,246 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 8,608 ha compare
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- 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 cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Americas?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Americas was 471,002 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 777,165 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,750 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.