Food — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Northern America
Northern America: Food — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 98.83 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Food — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 98.83 for food — gross per capita production index number in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food — gross per capita production index number in Northern America peaked at 104.09 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 71.66, in 1961.
That places Northern America 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Food — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Northern America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 71.66 | — |
| 1962 | 71.72 | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 73.72 | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 73.2 | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 75.36 | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 76.31 | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 77.96 | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 78.25 | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 78.4 | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 76.07 | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 81.77 | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 79.48 | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 80.17 | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 77.61 | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 83.21 | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 84.68 | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 86.66 | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 86.53 | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 88.78 | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 85.08 | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 91.29 | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 91.64 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 79.34 | -13.4% |
| 1984 | 87.7 | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 91.22 | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 88.11 | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 86.19 | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 78.3 | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 85.28 | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 87.41 | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 84.95 | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 90.38 | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 83.08 | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 93.11 | +12.1% |
| 1995 | 86.44 | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 91.35 | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 93.1 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 93.89 | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 94.67 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 95.56 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 92.24 | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 89.63 | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 92.57 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 97.28 | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 94.37 | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 91.91 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 95.72 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 97.36 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 97.85 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 95.99 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 94.15 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 93.08 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 98.23 | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 98.68 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 97.23 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 104.09 | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 100.77 | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 101.02 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.24 | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 100.01 | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 99.3 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 97.66 | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 99.52 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 98.83 | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.18 | 71.66 | 78.4 | 9 |
| 1970s | 82.5 | 76.07 | 88.78 | 10 |
| 1980s | 86.41 | 78.3 | 91.64 | 10 |
| 1990s | 89.84 | 83.08 | 94.67 | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.45 | 89.63 | 97.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.05 | 93.08 | 104.09 | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.06 | 97.66 | 100.01 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 19 Azerbaijan 122.17 compare
- 19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 84.59 compare
- 20 Qatar 120.9 compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 82.02 compare
- 21 Russian Federation 120.36 compare
- 22 Brazil 119.92 compare
- 23 Uganda 119.44 compare
- 24 Georgia 119.39 compare
- 25 Niger 118.77 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is food — gross per capita production index number in Northern America?
- Food — gross per capita production index number in Northern America was 98.83 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food — gross per capita production index number recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 104.09 in 2016.
- What is the lowest food — gross per capita production index number recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.66 in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for food — gross per capita production index number?
- Northern America ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is food — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.