Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 431,991 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Argentina stood at 431,991 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 443,864 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 110,000 ha, in 1993.
That places Argentina 16th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 189,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 279,600 ha | +47.9% |
| 1963 | 266,100 ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 344,300 ha | +29.4% |
| 1965 | 378,400 ha | +9.9% |
| 1966 | 333,300 ha | -11.9% |
| 1967 | 327,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 287,250 ha | -12.3% |
| 1969 | 243,500 ha | -15.2% |
| 1970 | 210,500 ha | -13.6% |
| 1971 | 309,800 ha | +47.2% |
| 1972 | 293,800 ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 379,000 ha | +29.0% |
| 1974 | 344,500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 356,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 308,830 ha | -13.4% |
| 1977 | 367,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 428,000 ha | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 392,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 279,100 ha | -28.9% |
| 1981 | 196,700 ha | -29.5% |
| 1982 | 179,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 125,100 ha | -30.1% |
| 1984 | 145,700 ha | +16.5% |
| 1985 | 146,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 173,000 ha | +18.5% |
| 1987 | 238,400 ha | +37.8% |
| 1988 | 193,340 ha | -18.9% |
| 1989 | 153,200 ha | -20.8% |
| 1990 | 165,900 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 178,820 ha | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 153,100 ha | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 110,000 ha | -28.2% |
| 1994 | 133,700 ha | +21.5% |
| 1995 | 155,110 ha | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 238,830 ha | +54.0% |
| 1997 | 298,070 ha | +24.8% |
| 1998 | 383,675 ha | +28.7% |
| 1999 | 329,710 ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 219,260 ha | -33.5% |
| 2001 | 251,060 ha | +14.5% |
| 2002 | 222,370 ha | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 156,426 ha | -29.7% |
| 2004 | 167,473 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 210,820 ha | +25.9% |
| 2006 | 163,677 ha | -22.4% |
| 2007 | 215,060 ha | +31.4% |
| 2008 | 227,389 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 257,430 ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 218,828 ha | -15.0% |
| 2011 | 264,568 ha | +20.9% |
| 2012 | 307,166 ha | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 404,022 ha | +31.5% |
| 2014 | 409,312 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 424,628 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 341,838 ha | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 334,050 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 443,864 ha | +32.9% |
| 2019 | 387,014 ha | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 367,377 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 401,756 ha | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 406,477 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 371,627 ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 431,991 ha | +16.2% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 431,991 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 164.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 431,991 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 211.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 294,328 ha | 189,000 ha | 378,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 339,073 ha | 210,500 ha | 428,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 182,954 ha | 125,100 ha | 279,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 214,692 ha | 110,000 ha | 383,675 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 209,096 ha | 156,426 ha | 257,430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 353,529 ha | 218,828 ha | 443,864 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 395,846 ha | 367,377 ha | 431,991 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 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
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 400,000 ha compare
- 18 Ghana 370,000 ha compare
- 19 Angola 369,237 ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 50,979 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Argentina?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Argentina was 431,991 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 443,864 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 110,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Argentina rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 16th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.