Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 87,292 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Mexico is 87,292 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 126,557 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 52,565 ha, in 1965.
That places Mexico 8th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,921 ha | — |
| 1962 | 67,679 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 67,871 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 68,573 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 52,565 ha | -23.3% |
| 1966 | 53,010 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 53,885 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 60,080 ha | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 63,419 ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 71,551 ha | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 69,184 ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 82,059 ha | +18.6% |
| 1973 | 80,429 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 72,181 ha | -10.3% |
| 1975 | 70,111 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 58,514 ha | -16.5% |
| 1977 | 74,781 ha | +27.8% |
| 1978 | 81,004 ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 94,427 ha | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 88,286 ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 73,707 ha | -16.5% |
| 1982 | 82,148 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 79,036 ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 86,943 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 84,561 ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 76,568 ha | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 90,957 ha | +18.8% |
| 1988 | 93,063 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 98,497 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 105,124 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 103,152 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 101,786 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 107,517 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 92,422 ha | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 104,922 ha | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 102,623 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 102,832 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 117,661 ha | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 126,329 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 124,575 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 121,349 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 114,782 ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 121,688 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 124,909 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 118,680 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 126,557 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 116,726 ha | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 101,505 ha | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 99,088 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 98,189 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 85,369 ha | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 96,651 ha | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 87,165 ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 95,207 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 91,989 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 93,376 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 92,993 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 90,323 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 87,917 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 84,926 ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 90,306 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 89,748 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 89,637 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 87,292 ha | -2.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 87,292 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 14.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 87,292 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 144.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,778 ha | 52,565 ha | 68,921 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 75,424 ha | 58,514 ha | 94,427 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,377 ha | 73,707 ha | 98,497 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 106,437 ha | 92,422 ha | 126,329 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 116,986 ha | 99,088 ha | 126,557 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,918 ha | 85,369 ha | 98,189 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,382 ha | 84,926 ha | 90,306 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 68,517 ha compare
- 5 USSR 350,000 ha compare
- 6 Egypt 175,397 ha compare
- 7 Italy 102,800 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 42,332 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 14,731 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8,530 ha compare
- 9 Russian Federation 74,487 ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 67,875 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8,505 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,812 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 67,094 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Mexico?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Mexico was 87,292 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 126,557 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,565 ha in 1965.
- How does Mexico rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 8th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.