Cereals, primary — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Cereals, primary — Production was 518.65 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Northern America stood at 518.65 million t.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Northern America peaked at 562.37 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 180.35 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern America 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180.35 million t | — |
| 1962 | 191.72 million t | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 208.94 million t | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 189.44 million t | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 215.83 million t | +13.9% |
| 1966 | 223.11 million t | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 238.24 million t | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 236.95 million t | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 241.21 million t | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 215.42 million t | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 276.48 million t | +28.3% |
| 1972 | 263.58 million t | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 274.28 million t | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 235.48 million t | -14.1% |
| 1975 | 286.39 million t | +21.6% |
| 1976 | 302.91 million t | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 308.25 million t | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 318.50 million t | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 338.58 million t | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 311.25 million t | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 381.75 million t | +22.7% |
| 1982 | 386.44 million t | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 255.10 million t | -34.0% |
| 1984 | 357.54 million t | +40.2% |
| 1985 | 395.36 million t | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 372.30 million t | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 332.13 million t | -10.8% |
| 1988 | 242.02 million t | -27.1% |
| 1989 | 332.33 million t | +37.3% |
| 1990 | 369.22 million t | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 333.92 million t | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 402.67 million t | +20.6% |
| 1993 | 310.59 million t | -22.9% |
| 1994 | 402.55 million t | +29.6% |
| 1995 | 326.94 million t | -18.8% |
| 1996 | 394.27 million t | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 386.19 million t | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 400.41 million t | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 389.48 million t | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 393.72 million t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 368.39 million t | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 333.19 million t | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 397.44 million t | +19.3% |
| 2004 | 439.80 million t | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 417.40 million t | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 386.91 million t | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 463.14 million t | +19.7% |
| 2008 | 458.43 million t | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 468.36 million t | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 447.25 million t | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 433.88 million t | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 408.06 million t | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 500.84 million t | +22.7% |
| 2014 | 494.53 million t | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 485.43 million t | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 562.37 million t | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 497.04 million t | -11.6% |
| 2018 | 498.44 million t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 482.35 million t | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 498.57 million t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 497.75 million t | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 474.48 million t | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 523.69 million t | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 518.65 million t | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213.98 million t | 180.35 million t | 241.21 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 281.99 million t | 215.42 million t | 338.58 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 336.62 million t | 242.02 million t | 395.36 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 371.62 million t | 310.59 million t | 402.67 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 412.68 million t | 333.19 million t | 468.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 481.02 million t | 408.06 million t | 562.37 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 502.63 million t | 474.48 million t | 523.69 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 2 China, mainland 651.36 million t compare
- 3 India 391.12 million t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 47.85 million t compare
- 4 Türkiye 39.02 million t compare
- 4 USSR 155.96 million t compare
- 5 Brazil 138.98 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.51 million t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 120.40 million t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 15.47 million t compare
- 7 Argentina 85.73 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.89 million t compare
- 8 Indonesia 68.28 million t compare
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.7404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 7.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 7.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 3.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0.5317 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Northern America?
- Cereals, primary — production in Northern America was 518.65 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 562.37 million t in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 180.35 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Northern America ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Production. 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.