Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 626,731 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 626,731 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.4% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 973,500 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 149,880 ha, in 2003.
That places Argentina 10th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 505,105 ha | — |
| 1962 | 544,665 ha | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 524,770 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 523,946 ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 538,120 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 445,470 ha | -17.2% |
| 1967 | 334,710 ha | -24.9% |
| 1968 | 287,500 ha | -14.1% |
| 1969 | 413,560 ha | +43.8% |
| 1970 | 459,320 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 373,370 ha | -18.7% |
| 1972 | 405,300 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 462,750 ha | +14.2% |
| 1974 | 480,100 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 510,570 ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 419,250 ha | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 523,250 ha | +24.8% |
| 1978 | 611,950 ha | +17.0% |
| 1979 | 674,250 ha | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 572,700 ha | -15.1% |
| 1981 | 285,450 ha | -50.2% |
| 1982 | 402,750 ha | +41.1% |
| 1983 | 346,850 ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 473,150 ha | +36.4% |
| 1985 | 450,450 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 342,200 ha | -24.0% |
| 1987 | 276,650 ha | -19.2% |
| 1988 | 495,700 ha | +79.2% |
| 1989 | 505,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 548,568 ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 542,400 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 533,200 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 306,380 ha | -42.5% |
| 1994 | 488,382 ha | +59.4% |
| 1995 | 684,447 ha | +40.1% |
| 1996 | 973,500 ha | +42.2% |
| 1997 | 892,343 ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 882,247 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 644,126 ha | -27.0% |
| 2000 | 336,193 ha | -47.8% |
| 2001 | 392,266 ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 168,883 ha | -56.9% |
| 2003 | 149,880 ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 259,083 ha | +72.9% |
| 2005 | 378,892 ha | +46.2% |
| 2006 | 308,639 ha | -18.5% |
| 2007 | 397,347 ha | +28.7% |
| 2008 | 307,724 ha | -22.6% |
| 2009 | 294,181 ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 445,350 ha | +51.4% |
| 2011 | 627,975 ha | +41.0% |
| 2012 | 532,811 ha | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 347,355 ha | -34.8% |
| 2014 | 517,385 ha | +48.9% |
| 2015 | 460,094 ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 381,284 ha | -17.1% |
| 2017 | 257,871 ha | -32.4% |
| 2018 | 323,813 ha | +25.6% |
| 2019 | 337,365 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 417,996 ha | +23.9% |
| 2021 | 410,759 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 484,488 ha | +17.9% |
| 2023 | 516,182 ha | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 626,731 ha | +21.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 457,538 ha | 287,500 ha | 544,665 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 492,011 ha | 373,370 ha | 674,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 415,100 ha | 276,650 ha | 572,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 649,559 ha | 306,380 ha | 973,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 299,309 ha | 149,880 ha | 397,347 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 423,130 ha | 257,871 ha | 627,975 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 491,231 ha | 410,759 ha | 626,731 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 7 Uzbekistan 964,810 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 740,330 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 651,844 ha compare
- 11 Mali 625,645 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 589,825 ha compare
- 13 Turkmenistan 580,030 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Argentina?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Argentina was 626,731 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 973,500 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 149,880 ha in 2003.
- How does Argentina rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 10th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.