Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 1,238 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mexico stood at 1,238 ha.
The figure is down 27.6% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 2,552 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 383 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 39th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 383 ha | — |
| 1962 | 392 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 442 ha | +12.8% |
| 1964 | 467 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 545 ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 584 ha | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 652 ha | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +38.0% |
| 1969 | 1,027 ha | +14.1% |
| 1970 | 1,040 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 684 ha | -34.2% |
| 1972 | 1,065 ha | +55.7% |
| 1973 | 1,334 ha | +25.3% |
| 1974 | 1,165 ha | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 990 ha | -15.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 1,088 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 902 ha | -17.1% |
| 1980 | 782 ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 521 ha | -33.4% |
| 1982 | 650 ha | +24.8% |
| 1983 | 748 ha | +15.1% |
| 1984 | 823 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 707 ha | -14.1% |
| 1986 | 828 ha | +17.1% |
| 1987 | 689 ha | -16.8% |
| 1988 | 1,042 ha | +51.2% |
| 1989 | 1,143 ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 666 ha | -41.7% |
| 1991 | 872 ha | +30.9% |
| 1992 | 988 ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 1,013 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 759 ha | -25.1% |
| 1995 | 808 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 1,264 ha | +56.4% |
| 1997 | 1,355 ha | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +47.6% |
| 1999 | 1,660 ha | -17.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | +20.5% |
| 2001 | 1,791 ha | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 1,700 ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 1,773 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 1,700 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 1,415 ha | -16.8% |
| 2006 | 1,199 ha | -15.3% |
| 2007 | 1,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,278 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 1,200 ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 1,209 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,091 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 1,385 ha | +26.9% |
| 2013 | 1,470 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 1,669 ha | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 2,337 ha | +40.0% |
| 2016 | 2,552 ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 2,545 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,330 ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 2,333 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,683 ha | -27.9% |
| 2021 | 1,597 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 1,877 ha | +17.5% |
| 2023 | 1,710 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 1,238 ha | -27.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 1,238 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,258 ha, 98% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 1,238 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 99 ha, 12.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 599.11 ha | 383 ha | 1,027 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,032 ha | 684 ha | 1,334 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 793.3 ha | 521 ha | 1,143 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,138 ha | 666 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,526 ha | 1,199 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,892 ha | 1,091 ha | 2,552 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,621 ha | 1,238 ha | 1,877 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mexico?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mexico was 1,238 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 2,552 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 383 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 39th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.