Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 629,470 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mexico is 629,470 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 1.84 million ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 436,987 ha, in 2002.
Mexico ranks 53rd of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.27 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.31 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 1.37 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 1.35 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 1.37 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1.37 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 1.30 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 1.39 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 1.29 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 1.21 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 1.43 million ha | +17.9% |
| 1972 | 1.46 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 1.41 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 1.54 million ha | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 1.40 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 1.03 million ha | -26.5% |
| 1977 | 1.58 million ha | +53.5% |
| 1978 | 1.51 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 1.84 million ha | +21.5% |
| 1980 | 1.43 million ha | -22.4% |
| 1981 | 1.49 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 1.09 million ha | -27.0% |
| 1983 | 1.40 million ha | +28.7% |
| 1984 | 1.30 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 1.34 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 1.15 million ha | -14.2% |
| 1987 | 1.36 million ha | +18.5% |
| 1988 | 1.05 million ha | -23.2% |
| 1989 | 1.17 million ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 1.03 million ha | -11.6% |
| 1991 | 1.03 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 776,060 ha | -24.9% |
| 1993 | 646,515 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 788,848 ha | +22.0% |
| 1995 | 798,369 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 824,783 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 750,845 ha | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 801,062 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 727,800 ha | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 589,365 ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 608,265 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 436,987 ha | -28.2% |
| 2003 | 553,396 ha | +26.6% |
| 2004 | 741,920 ha | +34.1% |
| 2005 | 594,997 ha | -19.8% |
| 2006 | 527,889 ha | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 577,429 ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 560,064 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 521,031 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 704,863 ha | +35.3% |
| 2011 | 767,538 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 811,853 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 718,105 ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 855,230 ha | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 866,719 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 802,686 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 859,937 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 800,084 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 732,029 ha | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 747,684 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 766,119 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 712,119 ha | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 607,388 ha | -14.7% |
| 2024 | 629,470 ha | +3.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 629,470 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68,160 ha, 9.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 629,470 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 20.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.34 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.44 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.84 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.28 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 818,054 ha | 646,515 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 571,134 ha | 436,987 ha | 741,920 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 791,904 ha | 704,863 ha | 866,719 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 692,556 ha | 607,388 ha | 766,119 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 50 Malawi 752,052 ha compare
- 51 Colombia 639,634 ha compare
- 52 Bangladesh 638,820 ha compare
- 54 Turkmenistan 580,030 ha compare
- 55 Ethiopia PDR 549,315 ha compare
- 56 Sri Lanka 519,071 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mexico?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mexico was 629,470 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.84 million ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 436,987 ha in 2002.
- How does Mexico rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 53rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. 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, Oil 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.