Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 328,515 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Americas stood at 328,515 ha.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Americas peaked at 352,516 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 650 ha | — |
| 1978 | 710 ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 1,019 ha | +43.5% |
| 1980 | 14,016 ha | +1275.5% |
| 1981 | 23,726 ha | +69.3% |
| 1982 | 22,689 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 17,528 ha | -22.7% |
| 1984 | 18,552 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 76,919 ha | +314.6% |
| 1986 | 77,857 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 82,326 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 82,392 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 73,293 ha | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 87,047 ha | +18.8% |
| 1991 | 78,658 ha | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 67,005 ha | -14.8% |
| 1993 | 77,359 ha | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 86,030 ha | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 90,164 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 109,587 ha | +21.5% |
| 1997 | 118,608 ha | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 123,082 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 130,740 ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 154,239 ha | +18.0% |
| 2001 | 150,507 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 164,401 ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 174,759 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 205,958 ha | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 217,642 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 212,916 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 262,705 ha | +23.4% |
| 2008 | 291,097 ha | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 258,666 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 258,604 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 274,974 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 281,199 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 290,485 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 295,282 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 293,068 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 292,621 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 237,989 ha | -18.7% |
| 2018 | 302,587 ha | +27.1% |
| 2019 | 333,854 ha | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 352,516 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 351,864 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 335,375 ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 348,407 ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 328,515 ha | -5.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +1275.5% | 1,019 ha | 14,016 ha |
| 1985 | +314.6% | 18,552 ha | 76,919 ha |
| 1981 | +69.3% | 14,016 ha | 23,726 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 237.9 ha | 0 ha | 1,019 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,930 ha | 14,016 ha | 82,392 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,828 ha | 67,005 ha | 130,740 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 209,289 ha | 150,507 ha | 291,097 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 286,066 ha | 237,989 ha | 333,854 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 343,335 ha | 328,515 ha | 352,516 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 million ha compare
- 6 Myanmar 399,821 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,456 ha compare
- 7 India 383,995 ha compare
- 8 Cambodia 319,700 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 9,587 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 229,422 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 598 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 221,797 ha compare
- 11 Brazil 200,240 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 172,383 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Americas?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Americas was 328,515 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 352,516 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 9th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.