Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 670,490 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 670,490 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 719,158 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 161,272 ha, in 1967.
That places Mexico 11th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,712 ha | — |
| 1962 | 167,969 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 171,353 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 175,655 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 163,347 ha | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 162,954 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 161,272 ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 168,062 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 168,829 ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 182,611 ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 199,610 ha | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 243,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 1973 | 235,784 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 228,396 ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 208,426 ha | -8.7% |
| 1976 | 206,638 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 237,019 ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 241,030 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 257,181 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 302,096 ha | +17.5% |
| 1981 | 269,369 ha | -10.8% |
| 1982 | 288,374 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 267,051 ha | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 306,001 ha | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 359,153 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 329,604 ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 350,986 ha | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 384,126 ha | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 407,224 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 406,223 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 407,754 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 429,663 ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 435,635 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 394,281 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 394,339 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 419,130 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 455,970 ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 540,583 ha | +18.6% |
| 1999 | 585,929 ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 567,810 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 579,260 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 581,774 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 593,547 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 567,654 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 580,178 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 589,897 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 562,349 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 607,456 ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 611,351 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 612,312 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 610,136 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 610,590 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 604,912 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 642,863 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 660,552 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 694,754 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 684,480 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 681,565 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 656,777 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 676,258 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 677,358 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 685,773 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 719,158 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 670,490 ha | -6.8% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 670,490 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 16.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 670,490 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 90.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167,239 ha | 161,272 ha | 175,655 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 223,970 ha | 182,611 ha | 257,181 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 326,398 ha | 267,051 ha | 407,224 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 446,951 ha | 394,281 ha | 585,929 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 584,128 ha | 562,349 ha | 611,351 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 645,894 ha | 604,912 ha | 694,754 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 685,807 ha | 670,490 ha | 719,158 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 8 Egypt 727,779 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 321,319 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 702,137 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 272,954 ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 680,510 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 192,215 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 99,761 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,238 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia 592,759 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,859 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 462,245 ha compare
- 14 Guinea 445,689 ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64,997 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Mexico?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Mexico was 670,490 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 719,158 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 161,272 ha in 1967.
- How does Mexico rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.