Pears — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Pears — Area harvested was 52,110 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pears — area harvested in Americas stood at 52,110 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Americas peaked at 76,968 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 50,738 ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 6th out of 25 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.
Pears — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,738 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52,172 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 52,517 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 54,384 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 52,111 ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 55,171 ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 54,084 ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 55,702 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 55,567 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 57,485 ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 57,724 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 57,528 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 54,772 ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 55,245 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 55,408 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 54,580 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 55,114 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 52,316 ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 50,989 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 69,629 ha | +36.6% |
| 1981 | 65,001 ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 65,812 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 65,720 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 64,769 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 68,052 ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 67,298 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 69,649 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 71,376 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 72,370 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 73,398 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 75,064 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 76,257 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 76,968 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 76,423 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 75,449 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 75,927 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 76,406 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 74,669 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 72,912 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 70,664 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 73,765 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 66,889 ha | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 64,284 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 66,136 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 69,148 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 68,475 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 65,759 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 65,066 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 63,884 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 60,890 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 64,273 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 62,800 ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 66,564 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 62,749 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 62,927 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 61,302 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 59,660 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 63,107 ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 57,060 ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 56,026 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 54,551 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 53,142 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 52,599 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 52,110 ha | -0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Area harvested in Americas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +36.6% | 50,989 ha | 69,629 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,605 ha | 50,738 ha | 55,702 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,116 ha | 50,989 ha | 57,724 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 67,968 ha | 64,769 ha | 72,370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,347 ha | 72,912 ha | 76,968 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,407 ha | 63,884 ha | 73,765 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,133 ha | 57,060 ha | 66,564 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,686 ha | 52,110 ha | 56,026 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,024 ha compare
- 3 USSR 120,000 ha compare
- 4 India 35,023 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 3,690 ha compare
- 5 Yugoslav SFR 24,760 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,273 ha compare
- 6 Italy 20,570 ha compare
- 7 Argentina 19,900 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 2,071 ha compare
- 8 Algeria 18,825 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 692 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 370 ha compare
- 9 Spain 18,090 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % 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)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Americas?
- Pears — area harvested in Americas was 52,110 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 76,968 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,738 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for pears — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — 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.