Millet — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Millet — Area harvested was 178,482 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 178,482 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 25.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Americas peaked at 338,296 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 92,900 ha, in 2012.
Americas ranks 15th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 298,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 258,200 ha | -13.5% |
| 1963 | 240,540 ha | -6.8% |
| 1964 | 262,600 ha | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 213,800 ha | -18.6% |
| 1966 | 265,353 ha | +24.1% |
| 1967 | 296,200 ha | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 338,296 ha | +14.2% |
| 1969 | 314,100 ha | -7.2% |
| 1970 | 244,580 ha | -22.1% |
| 1971 | 249,850 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 214,300 ha | -14.2% |
| 1973 | 294,450 ha | +37.4% |
| 1974 | 290,100 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 272,900 ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 300,600 ha | +10.2% |
| 1977 | 327,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 303,594 ha | -7.2% |
| 1979 | 314,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 269,700 ha | -14.1% |
| 1981 | 268,250 ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 212,709 ha | -20.7% |
| 1983 | 256,200 ha | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 229,200 ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 226,411 ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 220,614 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 180,321 ha | -18.3% |
| 1988 | 165,516 ha | -8.2% |
| 1989 | 138,723 ha | -16.2% |
| 1990 | 169,410 ha | +22.1% |
| 1991 | 248,938 ha | +46.9% |
| 1992 | 232,398 ha | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 196,462 ha | -15.5% |
| 1994 | 197,379 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 174,625 ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 207,316 ha | +18.7% |
| 1997 | 206,878 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 169,783 ha | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 250,810 ha | +47.7% |
| 2000 | 181,398 ha | -27.7% |
| 2001 | 254,515 ha | +40.3% |
| 2002 | 126,570 ha | -50.3% |
| 2003 | 263,610 ha | +108.3% |
| 2004 | 249,197 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 218,388 ha | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 202,600 ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 221,270 ha | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 197,235 ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 111,300 ha | -43.6% |
| 2010 | 153,620 ha | +38.0% |
| 2011 | 141,540 ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 92,900 ha | -34.4% |
| 2013 | 264,367 ha | +184.6% |
| 2014 | 176,283 ha | -33.3% |
| 2015 | 171,201 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 171,562 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 165,860 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 159,644 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 190,388 ha | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 209,522 ha | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 274,569 ha | +31.0% |
| 2022 | 205,341 ha | -25.2% |
| 2023 | 238,741 ha | +16.3% |
| 2024 | 178,482 ha | -25.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested in Americas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +184.6% | 92,900 ha | 264,367 ha |
| 2003 | +108.3% | 126,570 ha | 263,610 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276,388 ha | 213,800 ha | 338,296 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 281,137 ha | 214,300 ha | 327,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 216,764 ha | 138,723 ha | 269,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 205,400 ha | 169,410 ha | 250,810 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 202,608 ha | 111,300 ha | 263,610 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 168,736 ha | 92,900 ha | 264,367 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 221,331 ha | 178,482 ha | 274,569 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
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- 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$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -4.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Americas?
- Millet — area harvested in Americas was 178,482 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 338,296 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 92,900 ha in 2012.
- How does Americas rank for millet — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Millet — 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.