Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1.62 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 1.62 million ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.8% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Americas peaked at 1.87 million ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 942,833 ha, in 2006.
That places Americas 12th out of 27 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.37 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.51 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 1.44 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 1.54 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 1.69 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 1.74 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 1.77 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 1.66 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 1.64 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 1.67 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 1.84 million ha | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 1.87 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 1.68 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 1.54 million ha | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 1.53 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 1.51 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 1.42 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 1.56 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 1.53 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 1.40 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 1.30 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 1.16 million ha | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 1.14 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 1.18 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 1.21 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 1.23 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 1.27 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 1.22 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 1.17 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 1.23 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 1.30 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 1.14 million ha | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 1.07 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 1.07 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 1.05 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.08 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.18 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 1.29 million ha | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 1.25 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 1.09 million ha | -12.6% |
| 2001 | 1.14 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1.03 million ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 958,648 ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 1.04 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 1.20 million ha | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 942,833 ha | -21.4% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 1.15 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 967,520 ha | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 1.01 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 1.01 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.27 million ha | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 1.18 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 1.31 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 1.43 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 1.33 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 1.42 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 1.36 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.31 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 1.42 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 1.44 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.37 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 1.43 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 1.62 million ha | +12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.60 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.61 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 1.87 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.23 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.17 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million ha | 942,833 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.46 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,153 ha compare
- 9 Niger 1.04 million ha compare
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 ha compare
- 11 Chad 756,261 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 8,047 ha compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 730,410 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,076 ha compare
- 13 Mozambique 591,338 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 3,550 ha compare
- 14 Cameroon 540,000 ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,514 ha compare
- 15 Mali 526,150 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Americas?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Americas was 1.62 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.87 million ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 942,833 ha in 2006.
- How does Americas rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 12th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.