Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern America

Northern America: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 52.11 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
52.11 million ha
Change on year
up 3.9%
Rank
4th
of 29 groups
All-time high
55.87 million ha
in 2017
All-time low
20.29 million ha
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern America stood at 52.11 million ha.

That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 55.87 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 20.29 million ha, in 1962.

Northern America ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 20.32 million ha
1962 20.29 million ha -0.2%
1963 20.48 million ha +0.9%
1964 21.31 million ha +4.1%
1965 23.01 million ha +8.0%
1966 22.06 million ha -4.1%
1967 22.23 million ha +0.8%
1968 23.83 million ha +7.2%
1969 25.04 million ha +5.1%
1970 26.76 million ha +6.9%
1971 26.61 million ha -0.6%
1972 27.43 million ha +3.1%
1973 31.32 million ha +14.2%
1974 29.67 million ha -5.3%
1975 29.71 million ha +0.1%
1976 27.14 million ha -8.7%
1977 33.29 million ha +22.7%
1978 36.73 million ha +10.3%
1979 41.78 million ha +13.7%
1980 38.33 million ha -8.3%
1981 37.17 million ha -3.0%
1982 37.74 million ha +1.5%
1983 33.61 million ha -11.0%
1984 37.78 million ha +12.4%
1985 35.25 million ha -6.7%
1986 32.79 million ha -7.0%
1987 32.71 million ha -0.3%
1988 34.62 million ha +5.9%
1989 33.81 million ha -2.3%
1990 33.33 million ha -1.4%
1991 35.35 million ha +6.1%
1992 33.91 million ha -4.1%
1993 35.98 million ha +6.1%
1994 40.05 million ha +11.3%
1995 40.97 million ha +2.3%
1996 37.75 million ha -7.9%
1997 42.54 million ha +12.7%
1998 43.18 million ha +1.5%
1999 45.06 million ha +4.4%
2000 43.90 million ha -2.6%
2001 43.39 million ha -1.2%
2002 42.35 million ha -2.4%
2003 43.31 million ha +2.3%
2004 44.01 million ha +1.6%
2005 44.39 million ha +0.9%
2006 44.80 million ha +0.9%
2007 40.50 million ha -9.6%
2008 44.09 million ha +8.9%
2009 44.56 million ha +1.1%
2010 46.40 million ha +4.1%
2011 44.87 million ha -3.3%
2012 48.03 million ha +7.0%
2013 46.34 million ha -3.5%
2014 50.74 million ha +9.5%
2015 50.15 million ha -1.2%
2016 50.63 million ha +1.0%
2017 55.87 million ha +10.4%
2018 53.88 million ha -3.6%
2019 48.44 million ha -10.1%
2020 50.00 million ha +3.2%
2021 52.91 million ha +5.8%
2022 51.50 million ha -2.7%
2023 50.18 million ha -2.6%
2024 52.11 million ha +3.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 22.06 million ha 20.29 million ha 25.04 million ha 9
1970s 31.04 million ha 26.61 million ha 41.78 million ha 10
1980s 35.38 million ha 32.71 million ha 38.33 million ha 10
1990s 38.81 million ha 33.33 million ha 45.06 million ha 10
2000s 43.53 million ha 40.50 million ha 44.80 million ha 10
2010s 49.53 million ha 44.87 million ha 55.87 million ha 10
2020s 51.34 million ha 50.00 million ha 52.91 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 1 Brazil 49.51 million ha compare
  2. 2 India 43.43 million ha compare
  3. 3 China 27.60 million ha compare
  4. 4 China, mainland 27.55 million ha compare
  5. 5 Argentina 19.34 million ha compare
  6. 6 Russian Federation 18.44 million ha compare
  7. 6 Türkiye 1.62 million ha compare
  8. 7 Indonesia 17.62 million ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern America?
Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern America was 52.11 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 Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 55.87 million ha in 2017.
What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 20.29 million ha in 1962.
How does Northern America rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Northern America ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern America 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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Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
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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.