Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 44,105 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 44,105 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Americas peaked at 54,703 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 9,535 ha, in 1987.
Americas ranks 14th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 21,600 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 25,600 ha | +18.5% |
| 1966 | 25,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 27,100 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 28,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 28,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 27,200 ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 27,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 25,050 ha | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 26,100 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 27,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 30,400 ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 30,050 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 31,300 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 30,120 ha | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 20,125 ha | -33.2% |
| 1980 | 20,280 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 21,080 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 14,535 ha | -31.0% |
| 1983 | 9,921 ha | -31.7% |
| 1984 | 12,816 ha | +29.2% |
| 1985 | 11,868 ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 11,575 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 9,535 ha | -17.6% |
| 1988 | 12,261 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 9,977 ha | -18.6% |
| 1990 | 18,213 ha | +82.5% |
| 1991 | 27,112 ha | +48.9% |
| 1992 | 54,703 ha | +101.8% |
| 1993 | 27,936 ha | -48.9% |
| 1994 | 28,084 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 17,064 ha | -39.2% |
| 1996 | 23,803 ha | +39.5% |
| 1997 | 27,232 ha | +14.4% |
| 1998 | 25,763 ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 32,341 ha | +25.5% |
| 2000 | 32,465 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 32,888 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 33,929 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 32,785 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 33,533 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 33,595 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 34,045 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 34,591 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 35,438 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 36,139 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 39,690 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 39,971 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 50,673 ha | +26.8% |
| 2013 | 42,516 ha | -16.1% |
| 2014 | 42,021 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 44,193 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 43,093 ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 41,569 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 43,020 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 42,791 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 44,883 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 44,134 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 43,055 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 43,582 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 44,105 ha | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +101.8% | 27,112 ha | 54,703 ha |
| 1990 | +82.5% | 9,977 ha | 18,213 ha |
| 1993 | -48.9% | 54,703 ha | 27,936 ha |
| 1991 | +48.9% | 18,213 ha | 27,112 ha |
| 1995 | -39.2% | 28,084 ha | 17,064 ha |
| 1996 | +39.5% | 17,064 ha | 23,803 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,811 ha | 19,600 ha | 28,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,524 ha | 20,125 ha | 31,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,385 ha | 9,535 ha | 21,080 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,225 ha | 17,064 ha | 54,703 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,941 ha | 32,465 ha | 36,139 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,954 ha | 39,690 ha | 50,673 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,952 ha | 43,055 ha | 44,883 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Americas
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- 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 cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Americas?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Americas was 44,105 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 54,703 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,535 ha in 1987.
- How does Americas rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — 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.