Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 130.48 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Americas stood at 130.48 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Americas peaked at 130.48 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.58 million ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 2nd out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.91 million ha | 28.58 million ha | 36.68 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47.44 million ha | 39.12 million ha | 63.53 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.44 million ha | 54.09 million ha | 60.99 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.50 million ha | 58.06 million ha | 76.94 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.10 million ha | 75.79 million ha | 93.77 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 110.67 million ha | 98.89 million ha | 120.14 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 123.84 million ha | 117.62 million ha | 130.48 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 32.73 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Americas?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Americas was 130.48 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 130.48 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.58 million ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.