Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Americas

Americas: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 44,105 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
44,105 ha
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
54,703 ha
in 1992
All-time low
9,535 ha
in 1987
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024

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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 17th of 29 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 14 Italy 22,950 ha compare
  2. 15 Saudi Arabia 21,746 ha compare
  3. 16 Latvia 20,300 ha compare
  4. 17 Myanmar 19,337 ha compare
  5. 18 China 18,448 ha compare
  6. 19 China, mainland 18,246 ha compare
  7. 20 Czechoslovakia 18,000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 99 places →

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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 17th out of 29 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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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.