Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 6.43 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 6.43 million ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.3% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Americas peaked at 12.36 million ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 4.82 million ha, in 2009.
Americas ranks 4th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.88 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 11.23 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 10.79 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 10.90 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 10.81 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 8.78 million ha | -18.7% |
| 1967 | 9.45 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 10.47 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 11.10 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 11.12 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 11.28 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 11.89 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 11.70 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 11.53 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 10.01 million ha | -13.2% |
| 1976 | 10.14 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 12.36 million ha | +21.9% |
| 1978 | 11.90 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 11.72 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 11.65 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 11.44 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 9.62 million ha | -15.9% |
| 1983 | 7.82 million ha | -18.7% |
| 1984 | 9.57 million ha | +22.5% |
| 1985 | 10.12 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 8.80 million ha | -13.0% |
| 1987 | 7.94 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1988 | 9.75 million ha | +22.8% |
| 1989 | 8.21 million ha | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 8.98 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 9.44 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 8.47 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1993 | 7.55 million ha | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 8.32 million ha | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 9.70 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 8.25 million ha | -15.0% |
| 1997 | 7.98 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 7.15 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1999 | 7.72 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 7.31 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 7.86 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 6.70 million ha | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 6.53 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 7.75 million ha | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 8.25 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 7.41 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 6.64 million ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 5.21 million ha | -21.5% |
| 2009 | 4.82 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 6.28 million ha | +30.3% |
| 2011 | 6.68 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 6.45 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 4.96 million ha | -23.1% |
| 2014 | 6.06 million ha | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 5.36 million ha | -11.6% |
| 2016 | 5.78 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 6.21 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 6.18 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 7.23 million ha | +17.0% |
| 2020 | 5.88 million ha | -18.6% |
| 2021 | 6.43 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 5.63 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 5.58 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 6.43 million ha | +15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.49 million ha | 8.78 million ha | 11.23 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.36 million ha | 10.01 million ha | 12.36 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.49 million ha | 7.82 million ha | 11.65 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.36 million ha | 7.15 million ha | 9.70 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.85 million ha | 4.82 million ha | 8.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.12 million ha | 4.96 million ha | 7.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.99 million ha | 5.58 million ha | 6.43 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Americas?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Americas was 6.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 12.36 million ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.82 million ha in 2009.
- How does Americas rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.