Oats — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Oats — Production was 984,010 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — production in United States of America stood at 984,010 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.8% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — production in United States of America peaked at 14.69 million t in 1962 and was at its lowest, 578,220 t, in 2021.
That places United States of America 12th 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 — Production in United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.67 million t | — |
| 1962 | 14.69 million t | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 14.02 million t | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 12.37 million t | -11.7% |
| 1965 | 13.49 million t | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 11.66 million t | -13.6% |
| 1967 | 11.52 million t | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 13.80 million t | +19.8% |
| 1969 | 14.02 million t | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 13.29 million t | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 12.75 million t | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 10.02 million t | -21.3% |
| 1973 | 9.57 million t | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 8.72 million t | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 9.27 million t | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 7.84 million t | -15.4% |
| 1977 | 10.93 million t | +39.3% |
| 1978 | 8.44 million t | -22.7% |
| 1979 | 7.65 million t | -9.4% |
| 1980 | 6.66 million t | -12.9% |
| 1981 | 7.40 million t | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 8.60 million t | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 6.92 million t | -19.6% |
| 1984 | 6.88 million t | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 7.53 million t | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 5.59 million t | -25.8% |
| 1987 | 5.42 million t | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 3.16 million t | -41.8% |
| 1989 | 5.42 million t | +71.7% |
| 1990 | 5.19 million t | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 3.54 million t | -31.8% |
| 1992 | 4.27 million t | +20.7% |
| 1993 | 3.00 million t | -29.7% |
| 1994 | 3.32 million t | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 2.34 million t | -29.6% |
| 1996 | 2.22 million t | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 2.43 million t | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 2.41 million t | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 2.11 million t | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 2.17 million t | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1.71 million t | -21.2% |
| 2002 | 1.68 million t | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 2.10 million t | +24.5% |
| 2004 | 1.68 million t | -19.9% |
| 2005 | 1.67 million t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.36 million t | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 1.31 million t | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million t | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.32 million t | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.19 million t | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 727,580 t | -38.8% |
| 2012 | 892,470 t | +22.7% |
| 2013 | 938,280 t | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1.02 million t | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 1.30 million t | +27.5% |
| 2016 | 938,070 t | -27.8% |
| 2017 | 719,720 t | -23.3% |
| 2018 | 814,720 t | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 773,040 t | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 953,550 t | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 578,220 t | -39.4% |
| 2022 | 837,060 t | +44.8% |
| 2023 | 828,010 t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 984,010 t | +18.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.36 million t | 11.52 million t | 14.69 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.85 million t | 7.65 million t | 13.29 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.36 million t | 3.16 million t | 8.60 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.08 million t | 2.11 million t | 5.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.63 million t | 1.31 million t | 2.17 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 931,103 t | 719,720 t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 836,170 t | 578,220 t | 984,010 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — production in United States of America?
- Oats — production in United States of America was 984,010 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — production recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 14.69 million t in 1962.
- What is the lowest oats — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 578,220 t in 2021.
- How does United States of America rank for oats — production?
- United States of America ranks 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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 — Production. 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.