Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 879,179 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Northern America is 879,179 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 1.47 million ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 879,179 ha, in 2024.
Northern America ranks 19th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.38 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.39 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.29 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.39 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 million ha | 950,377 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 939,632 ha | 879,179 ha | 980,019 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Tomatoes — Yield 100,157 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 175,300 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 77,565 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,561 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 11.23 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 334 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 88.89 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 112,141 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 3.56 million t (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield 41,961 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Northern America?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Northern America was 879,179 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 879,179 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern America rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.