Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 28,069 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Mexico, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Mexico stood at 28,069 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 33,146 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,606 ha, in 1980.
Mexico ranks 18th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 4,606 ha | — |
| 1981 | 7,051 ha | +53.1% |
| 1982 | 6,114 ha | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 7,998 ha | +30.8% |
| 1984 | 8,712 ha | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 9,013 ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 9,657 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 9,176 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 9,082 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 9,983 ha | +9.9% |
| 1990 | 10,025 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 10,296 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 10,274 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 10,859 ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 11,163 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 11,741 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 12,705 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 12,801 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 12,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 12,086 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 12,293 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 12,800 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 13,433 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 14,583 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 13,320 ha | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 12,669 ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 12,039 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 13,977 ha | +16.1% |
| 2008 | 14,221 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 15,078 ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 15,866 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 17,315 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 19,178 ha | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 20,226 ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 22,754 ha | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 22,849 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 23,099 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 25,668 ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 25,418 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 27,242 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 33,038 ha | +21.3% |
| 2021 | 33,146 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 27,663 ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 28,208 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 28,069 ha | -0.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 28,069 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,783 ha, 28% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 28,069 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21,748 ha, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +53.1% | 4,606 ha | 7,051 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8,139 ha | 4,606 ha | 9,983 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,395 ha | 10,025 ha | 12,801 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,441 ha | 12,039 ha | 15,078 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,962 ha | 15,866 ha | 27,242 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,025 ha | 27,663 ha | 33,146 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Mexico?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Mexico was 28,069 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 33,146 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,606 ha in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 18th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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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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.