Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 33.24 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Northern America stood at 33.24 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Northern America peaked at 34.59 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4.97 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern America 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.97 million t | — |
| 1962 | 5.07 million t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 5.35 million t | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 5.32 million t | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 6.32 million t | +18.8% |
| 1966 | 6.31 million t | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 6.27 million t | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 7.27 million t | +15.9% |
| 1969 | 7.55 million t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 8.04 million t | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 8.26 million t | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 8.59 million t | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 9.93 million t | +15.6% |
| 1974 | 8.10 million t | -18.4% |
| 1975 | 9.98 million t | +23.2% |
| 1976 | 8.22 million t | -17.7% |
| 1977 | 11.87 million t | +44.5% |
| 1978 | 12.94 million t | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 15.82 million t | +22.2% |
| 1980 | 11.92 million t | -24.6% |
| 1981 | 13.27 million t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 14.38 million t | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 10.95 million t | -23.9% |
| 1984 | 13.08 million t | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 14.25 million t | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 13.33 million t | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 13.47 million t | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 11.45 million t | -15.0% |
| 1989 | 12.80 million t | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 13.27 million t | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 14.43 million t | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 14.80 million t | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 14.00 million t | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 18.77 million t | +34.1% |
| 1995 | 16.45 million t | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 16.80 million t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 18.98 million t | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 20.08 million t | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 20.02 million t | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 19.68 million t | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 19.56 million t | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 18.30 million t | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 17.91 million t | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 21.69 million t | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 22.88 million t | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 22.58 million t | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 20.00 million t | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 22.73 million t | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 24.54 million t | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 24.84 million t | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 23.94 million t | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 24.34 million t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 27.00 million t | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 29.62 million t | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 30.71 million t | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 32.95 million t | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 34.59 million t | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 34.15 million t | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 29.44 million t | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 32.51 million t | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 31.52 million t | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 32.40 million t | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 32.10 million t | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 33.24 million t | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.05 million t | 4.97 million t | 7.55 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.18 million t | 8.04 million t | 15.82 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.89 million t | 10.95 million t | 14.38 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.76 million t | 13.27 million t | 20.08 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.99 million t | 17.91 million t | 24.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.16 million t | 23.94 million t | 34.59 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.35 million t | 31.52 million t | 33.24 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 4.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.7981 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 0.7981 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.7981 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Northern America?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Northern America was 33.24 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 34.59 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.97 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- Northern America ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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, Oil Equivalent — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.