Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 3.38 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 3.38 million ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.0% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 6.52 million ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.88 million ha, in 2023.
That places Northern America 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.33 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 6.30 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 5.75 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1964 | 5.69 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 5.51 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 3.87 million ha | -29.8% |
| 1967 | 3.24 million ha | -16.3% |
| 1968 | 4.11 million ha | +27.1% |
| 1969 | 4.47 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 4.52 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 4.65 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 5.26 million ha | +13.2% |
| 1973 | 4.86 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 5.09 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 3.58 million ha | -29.8% |
| 1976 | 4.44 million ha | +24.0% |
| 1977 | 5.39 million ha | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 5.05 million ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 5.21 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 5.38 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 5.63 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 3.98 million ha | -29.4% |
| 1983 | 3.02 million ha | -24.2% |
| 1984 | 4.23 million ha | +40.3% |
| 1985 | 4.19 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 3.48 million ha | -16.8% |
| 1987 | 4.12 million ha | +18.2% |
| 1988 | 4.89 million ha | +18.8% |
| 1989 | 3.90 million ha | -20.3% |
| 1990 | 4.79 million ha | +23.0% |
| 1991 | 5.28 million ha | +10.2% |
| 1992 | 4.54 million ha | -14.0% |
| 1993 | 5.20 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1994 | 5.42 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 6.52 million ha | +20.2% |
| 1996 | 5.19 million ha | -20.5% |
| 1997 | 5.48 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 4.38 million ha | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 5.49 million ha | +25.2% |
| 2000 | 5.33 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 5.64 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 5.05 million ha | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 4.89 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 5.31 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 5.62 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 5.21 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 4.28 million ha | -17.9% |
| 2008 | 3.09 million ha | -27.8% |
| 2009 | 3.07 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 4.35 million ha | +41.8% |
| 2011 | 3.85 million ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 3.80 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 3.08 million ha | -19.0% |
| 2014 | 3.81 million ha | +23.7% |
| 2015 | 3.29 million ha | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 3.87 million ha | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 4.51 million ha | +16.6% |
| 2018 | 4.15 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 4.72 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 3.37 million ha | -28.6% |
| 2021 | 4.18 million ha | +24.0% |
| 2022 | 2.97 million ha | -28.9% |
| 2023 | 2.88 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 3.38 million ha | +17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.03 million ha | 3.24 million ha | 6.33 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.80 million ha | 3.58 million ha | 5.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.28 million ha | 3.02 million ha | 5.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.23 million ha | 4.38 million ha | 6.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.75 million ha | 3.07 million ha | 5.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.94 million ha | 3.08 million ha | 4.72 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.36 million ha | 2.88 million ha | 4.18 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 5 Brazil 2.11 million ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 466,942 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 82,078 ha compare
- 6 Pakistan 2.04 million ha compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 964,810 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 740,330 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 651,844 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 626,731 ha compare
- 11 Mali 625,645 ha compare
- 11 Viet Nam 13,648 ha compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 3.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 18.76 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Northern America?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Northern America was 3.38 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 6.52 million ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.88 million ha in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.