Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 69.91 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Northern America is 69.91 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 99.41 million ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 66.67 million ha, in 2022.
Northern America ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 81.85 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 78.89 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 80.98 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 79.64 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 79.00 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 80.74 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 85.65 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 82.88 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 77.59 million ha | -6.4% |
| 1970 | 72.76 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 81.90 million ha | +12.6% |
| 1972 | 76.21 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 83.29 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1974 | 86.14 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 90.10 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 92.73 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 90.86 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 85.78 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 86.06 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 90.87 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 99.41 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 97.70 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 80.25 million ha | -17.9% |
| 1984 | 93.06 million ha | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 94.58 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 89.27 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 80.78 million ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 75.95 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 85.46 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 87.25 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 83.00 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 86.07 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 79.72 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 81.99 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 78.04 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 85.45 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 83.00 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 79.88 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 75.99 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 76.74 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 72.90 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 68.75 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 75.65 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 72.94 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 72.65 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 68.81 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 78.06 million ha | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 77.51 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 73.00 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 70.66 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 70.28 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 75.25 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 75.48 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 72.15 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 72.71 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 72.34 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 66.99 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 68.65 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 67.90 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 69.16 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 69.83 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 66.67 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 71.60 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 69.91 million ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.80 million ha | 77.59 million ha | 85.65 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84.58 million ha | 72.76 million ha | 92.73 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88.73 million ha | 75.95 million ha | 99.41 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82.04 million ha | 75.99 million ha | 87.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.70 million ha | 68.75 million ha | 78.06 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.24 million ha | 66.99 million ha | 75.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.43 million ha | 66.67 million ha | 71.60 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Northern America?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Northern America was 69.91 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 99.41 million ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.67 million ha in 2022.
- How does Northern America rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.