Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 63,633 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — area harvested in Americas is 63,633 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.0% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Americas peaked at 122,014 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 58,894 ha, in 2022.
Americas ranks 10th of 23 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.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 114,769 ha | — |
| 1962 | 117,609 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 118,025 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 106,396 ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 115,607 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 113,727 ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 116,405 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 80,767 ha | -30.6% |
| 1969 | 80,536 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 82,503 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 82,623 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 84,681 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 82,586 ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 82,788 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 74,002 ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 70,737 ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 60,981 ha | -13.8% |
| 1978 | 118,085 ha | +93.6% |
| 1979 | 122,014 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 101,788 ha | -16.6% |
| 1981 | 105,557 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 100,860 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 101,154 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 98,634 ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 99,964 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 98,235 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 96,181 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 79,046 ha | -17.8% |
| 1989 | 64,129 ha | -18.9% |
| 1990 | 80,172 ha | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 76,413 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 67,287 ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 66,808 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 70,486 ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 71,987 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 62,256 ha | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 71,444 ha | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 70,434 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 89,282 ha | +26.8% |
| 2000 | 74,710 ha | -16.3% |
| 2001 | 78,110 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 76,387 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 81,899 ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 67,671 ha | -17.4% |
| 2005 | 67,813 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 75,729 ha | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 74,297 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 76,671 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 81,891 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 79,018 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 68,283 ha | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 81,535 ha | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 73,678 ha | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 67,405 ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 73,174 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 74,090 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 71,893 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 65,639 ha | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 62,812 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 60,965 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 63,221 ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 58,894 ha | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 71,490 ha | +21.4% |
| 2024 | 63,633 ha | -11.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +93.6% | 60,981 ha | 118,085 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107,093 ha | 80,536 ha | 118,025 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,100 ha | 60,981 ha | 122,014 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 94,555 ha | 64,129 ha | 105,557 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,657 ha | 62,256 ha | 89,282 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,518 ha | 67,671 ha | 81,899 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,753 ha | 62,812 ha | 81,535 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,641 ha | 58,894 ha | 71,490 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Americas?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Americas was 63,633 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 122,014 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,894 ha in 2022.
- How does Americas rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — 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.