Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 1.68 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 1.68 million ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 1.68 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 278,559 ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 278,559 ha | — |
| 1962 | 304,645 ha | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 326,396 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 330,209 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 349,757 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 371,191 ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 397,800 ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 398,630 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 396,061 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 448,293 ha | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 518,159 ha | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 526,347 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 562,901 ha | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 562,652 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 577,593 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 571,649 ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 612,382 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 653,702 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 655,307 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 714,533 ha | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 742,315 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 774,724 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 780,749 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 771,451 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 775,354 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 802,964 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 812,977 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 848,587 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 819,531 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 828,078 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 875,015 ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 942,309 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 948,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 982,398 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 1.01 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 1.07 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 1.07 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.09 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.14 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 1.15 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.18 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 1.17 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.22 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 1.23 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.23 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1.25 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.29 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.29 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.28 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1.30 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1.32 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.32 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.34 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.37 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.41 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 1.45 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 1.47 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.52 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 1.55 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 1.57 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.59 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.62 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.67 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 1.68 million ha | +0.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 1.68 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 23.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 1.68 million ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 42.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 350,361 ha | 278,559 ha | 398,630 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 568,898 ha | 448,293 ha | 655,307 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 784,318 ha | 714,533 ha | 848,587 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 996,404 ha | 828,078 ha | 1.14 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.23 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.40 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.63 million ha | 1.57 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 5 Türkiye 1.36 million ha compare
- 5 Uganda 2.70 million ha compare
- 6 Brazil 2.40 million ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.08 million ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 1.93 million ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 812,217 ha compare
- 9 Spain 1.51 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 806,021 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 1.32 million ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 267,146 ha compare
- 11 Italy 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 264,376 ha compare
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 fruit primary — area harvested in Mexico?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Mexico was 1.68 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 278,559 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.