Cereals, primary — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 54.08 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 54.08 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 77.73 million ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 50.70 million ha, in 2022.
United States of America ranks 13th 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 64.87 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 60.55 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 62.42 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 60.98 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 60.38 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 61.14 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 65.85 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 63.04 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 59.26 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 59.23 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 63.78 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 58.37 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 64.53 million ha | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 68.26 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 72.02 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 73.08 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 72.22 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 67.30 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 68.37 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 71.55 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 77.73 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 76.21 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 58.73 million ha | -22.9% |
| 1984 | 71.96 million ha | +22.5% |
| 1985 | 72.87 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 67.11 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 59.23 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1988 | 55.71 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 63.53 million ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 65.70 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 62.13 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 65.89 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 60.27 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 64.02 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 59.77 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 64.88 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 63.80 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 61.56 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 58.46 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 58.53 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 55.17 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 53.57 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 57.81 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 56.78 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 56.81 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 52.86 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 61.92 million ha | +17.1% |
| 2008 | 60.99 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 57.94 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 57.48 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 56.67 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 60.25 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 59.49 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 57.98 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 58.12 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 58.45 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 53.16 million ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 53.65 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 52.57 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 53.19 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 54.59 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 50.70 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 55.54 million ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 54.08 million ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62.05 million ha | 59.26 million ha | 65.85 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 66.72 million ha | 58.37 million ha | 73.08 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.46 million ha | 55.71 million ha | 77.73 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.65 million ha | 58.46 million ha | 65.89 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.24 million ha | 52.86 million ha | 61.92 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.78 million ha | 52.57 million ha | 60.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.62 million ha | 50.70 million ha | 55.54 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 10 Argentina 17.66 million ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.69 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.35 million ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 16.06 million ha compare
- 12 Canada 15.83 million ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.02 million ha compare
- 13 Pakistan 15.45 million ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 12.59 million ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 885,160 ha compare
- 15 Thailand 12.53 million ha compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 808,105 ha compare
- 16 Bangladesh 12.27 million ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 62,493 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in United States of America?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in United States of America was 54.08 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 77.73 million ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.70 million ha in 2022.
- How does United States of America rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of 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.