Millet — Area harvested in Northern America

Northern America: Millet — Area harvested was 172,800 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
172,800 ha
Change on year
down 25.3%
Rank
16th
of 26 groups
All-time high
268,310 ha
in 2021
All-time low
59,594 ha
in 1978
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Millet — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Northern America recorded 172,800 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.3% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 268,310 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 59,594 ha, in 1978.

That places Northern America 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Millet — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Millet — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 97,000 ha
1962 99,000 ha +2.1%
1963 95,200 ha -3.8%
1964 95,000 ha -0.2%
1965 99,000 ha +4.2%
1966 102,000 ha +3.0%
1967 108,000 ha +5.9%
1968 128,246 ha +18.7%
1969 117,000 ha -8.8%
1970 113,000 ha -3.4%
1971 98,500 ha -12.8%
1972 98,500 ha +0.0%
1973 96,000 ha -2.5%
1974 82,000 ha -14.6%
1975 78,500 ha -4.3%
1976 70,000 ha -10.8%
1977 72,000 ha +2.9%
1978 59,594 ha -17.2%
1979 76,000 ha +27.5%
1980 87,500 ha +15.1%
1981 80,850 ha -7.6%
1982 80,909 ha +0.1%
1983 96,000 ha +18.7%
1984 115,500 ha +20.3%
1985 101,000 ha -12.6%
1986 126,700 ha +25.4%
1987 118,104 ha -6.8%
1988 107,000 ha -9.4%
1989 113,000 ha +5.6%
1990 120,000 ha +6.2%
1991 158,925 ha +32.4%
1992 159,874 ha +0.6%
1993 160,757 ha +0.6%
1994 161,539 ha +0.5%
1995 126,600 ha -21.6%
1996 162,856 ha +28.6%
1997 163,736 ha +0.5%
1998 133,000 ha -18.8%
1999 218,530 ha +64.3%
2000 149,740 ha -31.5%
2001 236,740 ha +58.1%
2002 111,290 ha -53.0%
2003 250,910 ha +125.5%
2004 240,790 ha -4.0%
2005 208,420 ha -13.4%
2006 192,230 ha -7.8%
2007 210,440 ha +9.5%
2008 186,160 ha -11.5%
2009 107,240 ha -42.4%
2010 146,900 ha +37.0%
2011 136,790 ha -6.9%
2012 82,960 ha -39.4%
2013 258,190 ha +211.2%
2014 174,020 ha -32.6%
2015 169,160 ha -2.8%
2016 167,140 ha -1.2%
2017 163,090 ha -2.4%
2018 157,830 ha -3.2%
2019 188,180 ha +19.2%
2020 205,990 ha +9.5%
2021 268,310 ha +30.3%
2022 199,510 ha -25.6%
2023 231,480 ha +16.0%
2024 172,800 ha -25.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 104,494 ha 95,000 ha 128,246 ha 9
1970s 84,409 ha 59,594 ha 113,000 ha 10
1980s 102,656 ha 80,850 ha 126,700 ha 10
1990s 156,582 ha 120,000 ha 218,530 ha 10
2000s 189,396 ha 107,240 ha 250,910 ha 10
2010s 164,426 ha 82,960 ha 258,190 ha 10
2020s 215,618 ha 172,800 ha 268,310 ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 13 Ethiopia 455,000 ha compare
  2. 14 Namibia 268,803 ha compare
  3. 15 Russian Federation 255,000 ha compare
  4. 16 Pakistan 229,451 ha compare
  5. 17 Nepal 224,935 ha compare
  6. 18 Guinea 200,000 ha compare
  7. 19 Myanmar 186,298 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is millet — area harvested in Northern America?
Millet — area harvested in Northern America was 172,800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 268,310 ha in 2021.
What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 59,594 ha in 1978.
How does Northern America rank for millet — area harvested?
Northern America ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern America 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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Indicator
Millet — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
124 places, 6,732 data points, 1961–2024
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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.