Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in United States of America

United States of America: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 40.44 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
40.44 million ha
Change on year
up 5.2%
Rank
8th
of 29 groups
All-time high
43.01 million ha
in 2017
All-time low
19.04 million ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 40.44 million ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.

The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 43.01 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 19.04 million ha, in 1961.

United States of America ranks 8th 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 United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 19.04 million ha
1962 19.42 million ha +2.0%
1963 19.44 million ha +0.1%
1964 20.03 million ha +3.0%
1965 21.30 million ha +6.3%
1966 20.45 million ha -4.0%
1967 20.93 million ha +2.4%
1968 22.44 million ha +7.2%
1969 23.02 million ha +2.6%
1970 23.54 million ha +2.3%
1971 23.42 million ha -0.5%
1972 25.25 million ha +7.8%
1973 29.08 million ha +15.2%
1974 27.49 million ha -5.5%
1975 27.07 million ha -1.5%
1976 25.89 million ha -4.4%
1977 30.88 million ha +19.3%
1978 32.91 million ha +6.6%
1979 36.93 million ha +12.2%
1980 35.19 million ha -4.7%
1981 34.82 million ha -1.1%
1982 34.84 million ha +0.1%
1983 30.36 million ha -12.8%
1984 33.37 million ha +9.9%
1985 31.13 million ha -6.7%
1986 28.80 million ha -7.5%
1987 28.84 million ha +0.1%
1988 29.71 million ha +3.0%
1989 29.50 million ha -0.7%
1990 29.33 million ha -0.6%
1991 30.91 million ha +5.4%
1992 29.82 million ha -3.5%
1993 30.34 million ha +1.7%
1994 32.35 million ha +6.6%
1995 33.71 million ha +4.2%
1996 32.59 million ha -3.3%
1997 35.53 million ha +9.0%
1998 35.56 million ha +0.1%
1999 37.43 million ha +5.3%
2000 37.11 million ha -0.9%
2001 37.65 million ha +1.4%
2002 36.72 million ha -2.5%
2003 36.41 million ha -0.8%
2004 37.11 million ha +1.9%
2005 37.06 million ha -0.1%
2006 37.36 million ha +0.8%
2007 32.20 million ha -13.8%
2008 35.51 million ha +10.3%
2009 35.72 million ha +0.6%
2010 37.44 million ha +4.8%
2011 35.26 million ha -5.8%
2012 36.90 million ha +4.6%
2013 35.60 million ha -3.5%
2014 39.19 million ha +10.1%
2015 38.71 million ha -1.2%
2016 39.50 million ha +2.0%
2017 43.01 million ha +8.9%
2018 41.60 million ha -3.3%
2019 37.09 million ha -10.8%
2020 39.04 million ha +5.3%
2021 41.26 million ha +5.7%
2022 40.14 million ha -2.7%
2023 38.45 million ha -4.2%
2024 40.44 million ha +5.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 20.67 million ha 19.04 million ha 23.02 million ha 9
1970s 28.24 million ha 23.42 million ha 36.93 million ha 10
1980s 31.66 million ha 28.80 million ha 35.19 million ha 10
1990s 32.76 million ha 29.33 million ha 37.43 million ha 10
2000s 36.28 million ha 32.20 million ha 37.65 million ha 10
2010s 38.43 million ha 35.26 million ha 43.01 million ha 10
2020s 39.87 million ha 38.45 million ha 41.26 million ha 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 5 Argentina 19.34 million ha compare
  2. 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million ha compare
  3. 6 Russian Federation 18.44 million ha compare
  4. 6 Türkiye 1.62 million ha compare
  5. 7 Indonesia 17.62 million ha compare
  6. 8 Canada 11.67 million ha compare
  7. 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.10 million ha compare
  8. 9 Nigeria 10.95 million ha compare
  9. 9 Melanesia 623,071 ha compare
  10. 10 Republic of Moldova 485,796 ha compare
  11. 10 USSR 9.61 million ha compare
  12. 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 436,486 ha compare
  13. 11 Ukraine 9.12 million ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in United States of America?
Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in United States of America was 40.44 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 43.01 million ha in 2017.
What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 19.04 million ha in 1961.
How does United States of America rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
United States of America ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 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.