Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 623,315 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mexico stood at 623,315 ha.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and down 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 1.83 million ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 430,317 ha, in 2002.
Mexico ranks 49th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.25 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.29 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 1.36 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 1.33 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 1.36 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 1.36 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 1.29 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 1.38 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 1.27 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 1.20 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 1.41 million ha | +18.1% |
| 1972 | 1.44 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 1.40 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 1.52 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 1.39 million ha | -9.0% |
| 1976 | 1.02 million ha | -26.8% |
| 1977 | 1.57 million ha | +54.4% |
| 1978 | 1.50 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 1.83 million ha | +21.7% |
| 1980 | 1.42 million ha | -22.4% |
| 1981 | 1.49 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 1.08 million ha | -27.2% |
| 1983 | 1.39 million ha | +28.4% |
| 1984 | 1.30 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 1.33 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 1.14 million ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 1.35 million ha | +18.6% |
| 1988 | 1.04 million ha | -23.3% |
| 1989 | 1.16 million ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 1.03 million ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 1.03 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 769,727 ha | -25.2% |
| 1993 | 639,908 ha | -16.9% |
| 1994 | 782,603 ha | +22.3% |
| 1995 | 790,408 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 818,856 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 741,280 ha | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 793,180 ha | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 721,621 ha | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 582,988 ha | -19.2% |
| 2001 | 601,430 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 430,317 ha | -28.5% |
| 2003 | 548,029 ha | +27.4% |
| 2004 | 737,014 ha | +34.5% |
| 2005 | 590,060 ha | -19.9% |
| 2006 | 523,921 ha | -11.2% |
| 2007 | 573,002 ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 554,631 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 517,431 ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 697,727 ha | +34.8% |
| 2011 | 763,686 ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 804,099 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 710,884 ha | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 851,302 ha | +19.8% |
| 2015 | 862,497 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 790,671 ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 854,836 ha | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 794,472 ha | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 726,230 ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 738,170 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 755,660 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 707,455 ha | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 601,757 ha | -14.9% |
| 2024 | 623,315 ha | +3.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 623,315 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 28.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 623,315 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 20.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.32 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.43 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.27 million ha | 1.04 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 811,354 ha | 639,908 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 565,882 ha | 430,317 ha | 737,014 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 785,640 ha | 697,727 ha | 862,497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 685,271 ha | 601,757 ha | 755,660 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 46 Malawi 748,219 ha compare
- 47 Colombia 639,634 ha compare
- 48 Bangladesh 638,429 ha compare
- 50 Turkmenistan 580,030 ha compare
- 51 Ethiopia PDR 535,615 ha compare
- 52 Italy 524,626 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.2797 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.168 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0035 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.7321 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mexico?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mexico was 623,315 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.83 million ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 430,317 ha in 2002.
- How does Mexico rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 49th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.