Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production in Americas
Americas: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production was 292.50 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — production in Americas is 292.50 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — production in Americas peaked at 292.50 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.76 million t, in 1961.
Americas ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21.76 million t | — |
| 1962 | 22.47 million t | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 23.16 million t | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 23.12 million t | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 27.22 million t | +17.7% |
| 1966 | 27.95 million t | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 28.34 million t | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 32.23 million t | +13.7% |
| 1969 | 33.15 million t | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 34.59 million t | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 36.17 million t | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 38.89 million t | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 46.56 million t | +19.7% |
| 1974 | 41.30 million t | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 50.09 million t | +21.3% |
| 1976 | 44.61 million t | -10.9% |
| 1977 | 60.08 million t | +34.7% |
| 1978 | 61.49 million t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 73.43 million t | +19.4% |
| 1980 | 64.25 million t | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 69.42 million t | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 72.15 million t | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 60.29 million t | -16.4% |
| 1984 | 70.73 million t | +17.3% |
| 1985 | 78.93 million t | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 71.24 million t | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 74.15 million t | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 69.52 million t | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 79.08 million t | +13.8% |
| 1990 | 80.55 million t | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 79.16 million t | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 85.49 million t | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 82.25 million t | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 102.28 million t | +24.3% |
| 1995 | 96.14 million t | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 97.81 million t | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 107.11 million t | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 119.61 million t | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 120.10 million t | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 122.16 million t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 132.20 million t | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 134.15 million t | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 142.18 million t | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 154.04 million t | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 162.50 million t | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 166.26 million t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 166.40 million t | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 175.53 million t | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 167.31 million t | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 197.83 million t | +18.2% |
| 2011 | 197.39 million t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 181.28 million t | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 213.26 million t | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 234.37 million t | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 250.40 million t | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 255.76 million t | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 274.04 million t | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 261.91 million t | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 253.07 million t | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 268.11 million t | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 278.25 million t | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 261.68 million t | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 272.73 million t | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 292.50 million t | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.60 million t | 21.76 million t | 33.15 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 48.72 million t | 34.59 million t | 73.43 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.98 million t | 60.29 million t | 79.08 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 97.05 million t | 79.16 million t | 120.10 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 152.27 million t | 122.16 million t | 175.53 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 231.93 million t | 181.28 million t | 274.04 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 274.65 million t | 261.68 million t | 292.50 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -5.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -4.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — production in Americas?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — production in Americas was 292.50 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 292.50 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.76 million t in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — production?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Production. 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.