Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 40,071 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 40,071 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.2% on the previous year and down 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 99,766 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 40,071 ha, in 2024.
That places Mexico 41st out of 112 countries 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,945 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,272 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 74,910 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 75,655 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 60,541 ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 62,681 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 59,774 ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 64,194 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 53,656 ha | -16.4% |
| 1970 | 64,578 ha | +20.4% |
| 1971 | 59,144 ha | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 48,382 ha | -18.2% |
| 1973 | 42,456 ha | -12.2% |
| 1974 | 48,266 ha | +13.7% |
| 1975 | 61,640 ha | +27.7% |
| 1976 | 42,930 ha | -30.4% |
| 1977 | 44,868 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 75,482 ha | +68.2% |
| 1979 | 63,519 ha | -15.8% |
| 1980 | 62,388 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 75,080 ha | +20.3% |
| 1982 | 59,085 ha | -21.3% |
| 1983 | 83,420 ha | +41.2% |
| 1984 | 87,203 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 99,766 ha | +14.4% |
| 1986 | 86,522 ha | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 79,752 ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 88,257 ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 90,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 79,917 ha | -11.4% |
| 1991 | 89,581 ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 91,310 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 65,778 ha | -28.0% |
| 1994 | 62,141 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 69,374 ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 81,332 ha | +17.2% |
| 1997 | 94,458 ha | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 93,111 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 90,578 ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 91,756 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 79,427 ha | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 62,010 ha | -21.9% |
| 2003 | 50,222 ha | -19.0% |
| 2004 | 65,538 ha | +30.5% |
| 2005 | 48,014 ha | -26.7% |
| 2006 | 44,863 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 52,236 ha | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 52,026 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 51,343 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 52,564 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 61,344 ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 57,832 ha | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 56,382 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 59,024 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 66,709 ha | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 56,273 ha | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 58,565 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 52,046 ha | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 47,532 ha | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 59,623 ha | +25.4% |
| 2021 | 60,408 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 48,940 ha | -19.0% |
| 2023 | 45,632 ha | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 40,071 ha | -12.2% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 40,071 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 15.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 40,071 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 19.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,848 ha | 53,656 ha | 75,655 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,126 ha | 42,456 ha | 75,482 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,172 ha | 59,085 ha | 99,766 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,758 ha | 62,141 ha | 94,458 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,744 ha | 44,863 ha | 91,756 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,827 ha | 47,532 ha | 66,709 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,935 ha | 40,071 ha | 60,408 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 38 Ethiopia PDR 43,000 ha compare
- 39 Haiti 42,867 ha compare
- 40 South Africa 41,200 ha compare
- 42 Bangladesh 39,081 ha compare
- 43 Gabon 31,423 ha compare
- 44 Rwanda 30,663 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mexico?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mexico was 40,071 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 99,766 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,071 ha in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 41st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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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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.