Rice — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Rice — Area harvested was 1.16 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Northern America stood at 1.16 million ha.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 1.53 million ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 643,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Northern America 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 643,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 717,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 1963 | 717,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 723,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 725,470 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 796,086 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 797,260 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 952,374 ha | +19.5% |
| 1969 | 861,321 ha | -9.6% |
| 1970 | 734,373 ha | -14.7% |
| 1971 | 735,668 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 735,668 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 878,237 ha | +19.4% |
| 1974 | 1.02 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1975 | 1.14 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 1.00 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1977 | 910,150 ha | -9.3% |
| 1978 | 1.20 million ha | +32.1% |
| 1979 | 1.16 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 1.34 million ha | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 1.53 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1982 | 1.32 million ha | -14.0% |
| 1983 | 877,750 ha | -33.5% |
| 1984 | 1.13 million ha | +29.2% |
| 1985 | 1.01 million ha | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 955,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 944,100 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 1.17 million ha | +24.3% |
| 1989 | 1.09 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 1.14 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 1.13 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 1.27 million ha | +12.6% |
| 1993 | 1.15 million ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 1.34 million ha | +17.0% |
| 1995 | 1.25 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 1.13 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 1.26 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 1.32 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 1.42 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 1.23 million ha | -13.5% |
| 2001 | 1.34 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 1.35 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 1.36 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1.14 million ha | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 1.11 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 1.20 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 1.26 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 1.46 million ha | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 1.06 million ha | -27.6% |
| 2012 | 1.08 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 999,180 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 1.19 million ha | +18.8% |
| 2015 | 1.04 million ha | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 1.25 million ha | +20.3% |
| 2017 | 960,730 ha | -23.3% |
| 2018 | 1.18 million ha | +22.6% |
| 2019 | 1.00 million ha | -14.9% |
| 2020 | 1.21 million ha | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 1.00 million ha | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 876,960 ha | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 1.15 million ha | +31.7% |
| 2024 | 1.16 million ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 770,279 ha | 643,000 ha | 952,374 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 952,533 ha | 734,373 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.14 million ha | 877,750 ha | 1.53 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.24 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 million ha | 960,730 ha | 1.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 million ha | 876,960 ha | 1.21 million ha | 5 |
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- Meat, Poultry — Production 24.14 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 411,780 1000 An (2024)
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- Fruit Primary — Yield 20,080 kg/ha (2024)
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- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,271 g/An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Northern America?
- Rice — area harvested in Northern America was 1.16 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 643,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for rice — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. 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 Rice — 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.