Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 26,770 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Argentina is 26,770 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 53,000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 6,800 ha, in 1987.
Argentina ranks 12th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 26,100 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 27,200 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 27,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 26,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 26,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 24,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 26,400 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 29,300 ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 28,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 30,200 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 29,300 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 19,200 ha | -34.5% |
| 1980 | 19,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 19,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 12,300 ha | -36.3% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | -26.8% |
| 1984 | 10,200 ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 9,300 ha | -8.8% |
| 1986 | 9,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 6,800 ha | -27.7% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 1989 | 7,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1990 | 16,000 ha | +113.3% |
| 1991 | 25,000 ha | +56.2% |
| 1992 | 53,000 ha | +112.0% |
| 1993 | 26,000 ha | -50.9% |
| 1994 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15,000 ha | -42.3% |
| 1996 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 22,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 22,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 22,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 23,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 26,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 37,000 ha | +42.3% |
| 2013 | 28,000 ha | -24.3% |
| 2014 | 25,498 ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 25,377 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 26,002 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 25,728 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 26,186 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 26,168 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 26,312 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 26,530 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 26,785 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 26,994 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 26,770 ha | -0.8% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 26,770 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,517 ha, 5.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +113.3% | 7,500 ha | 16,000 ha |
| 1992 | +112.0% | 25,000 ha | 53,000 ha |
| 1991 | +56.2% | 16,000 ha | 25,000 ha |
| 1993 | -50.9% | 53,000 ha | 26,000 ha |
| 1988 | +47.1% | 6,800 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1995 | -42.3% | 26,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,033 ha | 19,000 ha | 27,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,490 ha | 19,200 ha | 30,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,330 ha | 6,800 ha | 19,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,600 ha | 15,000 ha | 53,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,820 ha | 20,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,196 ha | 25,377 ha | 37,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,678 ha | 26,312 ha | 26,994 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Argentina?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Argentina was 26,770 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 53,000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,800 ha in 1987.
- How does Argentina rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 12th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.