Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 102,610 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 102,610 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 101.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 115,238 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 780 ha, in 1988.
Mexico ranks 14th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,419 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,193 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 19,729 ha | -11.1% |
| 1964 | 20,927 ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 20,941 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 20,971 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 18,668 ha | -11.0% |
| 1968 | 20,514 ha | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 17,496 ha | -14.7% |
| 1970 | 13,188 ha | -24.6% |
| 1971 | 10,916 ha | -17.2% |
| 1972 | 12,780 ha | +17.1% |
| 1973 | 13,371 ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 13,755 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 7,737 ha | -43.8% |
| 1976 | 12,276 ha | +58.7% |
| 1977 | 6,243 ha | -49.1% |
| 1978 | 4,068 ha | -34.8% |
| 1979 | 3,620 ha | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 4,560 ha | +26.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | -45.2% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1983 | 875 ha | -56.2% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 970 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 780 ha | -19.6% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +28.2% |
| 1990 | 1,745 ha | +74.5% |
| 1991 | 1,150 ha | -34.1% |
| 1992 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2,683 ha | +133.3% |
| 1994 | 1,950 ha | -27.3% |
| 1995 | 3,076 ha | +57.7% |
| 1996 | 2,748 ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 2,748 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +82.0% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 9,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2001 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 13,558 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 17,836 ha | +31.6% |
| 2005 | 18,376 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 22,033 ha | +19.9% |
| 2007 | 23,804 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 25,918 ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 28,239 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 31,804 ha | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 32,701 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 34,249 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 46,094 ha | +34.6% |
| 2014 | 50,868 ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 54,601 ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 58,609 ha | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 65,805 ha | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 72,841 ha | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 85,530 ha | +17.4% |
| 2020 | 114,938 ha | +34.4% |
| 2021 | 115,238 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 98,132 ha | -14.8% |
| 2023 | 101,633 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 102,610 ha | +1.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 102,610 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 1.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 102,610 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +133.3% | 1,150 ha | 2,683 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,095 ha | 17,496 ha | 22,193 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,795 ha | 3,620 ha | 13,755 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,562 ha | 780 ha | 4,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,825 ha | 1,150 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,476 ha | 9,000 ha | 28,239 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,310 ha | 31,804 ha | 85,530 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,510 ha | 98,132 ha | 115,238 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Mexico?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Mexico was 102,610 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 115,238 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 780 ha in 1988.
- How does Mexico rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 14th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.