Oats — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Oats — Area harvested was 358,560 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in United States of America is 358,560 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 9.67 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 263,050 ha, in 2021.
That places United States of America 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.67 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 9.06 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 8.62 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 8.00 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 7.50 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 7.23 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 6.52 million ha | -9.9% |
| 1968 | 7.17 million ha | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 7.27 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 7.52 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 6.36 million ha | -15.5% |
| 1972 | 5.43 million ha | -14.6% |
| 1973 | 5.57 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 5.10 million ha | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 5.28 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 4.79 million ha | -9.2% |
| 1977 | 5.46 million ha | +14.0% |
| 1978 | 4.50 million ha | -17.5% |
| 1979 | 3.92 million ha | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 3.50 million ha | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 3.81 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 4.15 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 3.67 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1984 | 3.30 million ha | -9.9% |
| 1985 | 3.30 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 2.77 million ha | -16.0% |
| 1987 | 2.79 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 2.24 million ha | -19.7% |
| 1989 | 2.79 million ha | +24.4% |
| 1990 | 2.41 million ha | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 1.95 million ha | -19.0% |
| 1992 | 1.82 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 1.54 million ha | -15.4% |
| 1994 | 1.62 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 1.19 million ha | -26.3% |
| 1996 | 1.07 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1997 | 1.14 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 1.11 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 989,470 ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 940,900 ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 773,360 ha | -17.8% |
| 2002 | 832,850 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 898,410 ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 723,180 ha | -19.5% |
| 2005 | 737,750 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 632,940 ha | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 608,650 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 572,230 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 542,280 ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 512,740 ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 354,100 ha | -30.9% |
| 2012 | 406,710 ha | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 408,330 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 418,850 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 516,380 ha | +23.3% |
| 2016 | 396,190 ha | -23.3% |
| 2017 | 325,370 ha | -17.9% |
| 2018 | 350,060 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 335,080 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 408,330 ha | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 263,050 ha | -35.6% |
| 2022 | 356,130 ha | +35.4% |
| 2023 | 336,300 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 358,560 ha | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.89 million ha | 6.52 million ha | 9.67 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.39 million ha | 3.92 million ha | 7.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.23 million ha | 2.24 million ha | 4.15 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.48 million ha | 989,470 ha | 2.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 726,255 ha | 542,280 ha | 940,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 402,381 ha | 325,370 ha | 516,380 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 344,474 ha | 263,050 ha | 408,330 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 ha compare
- 8 Spain 514,060 ha compare
- 9 Finland 328,300 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 277,521 ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 193,199 ha compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 182,046 ha compare
- 13 Ukraine 173,800 ha compare
- 14 Sweden 157,430 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in United States of America?
- Oats — area harvested in United States of America was 358,560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 9.67 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 263,050 ha in 2021.
- How does United States of America rank for oats — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — 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.