Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 789,075 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in United States of America stood at 789,075 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 1.36 million ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 789,075 ha, in 2024.
That places United States of America 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.29 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.27 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 1.23 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 1.23 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 1.22 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 1.30 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 1.35 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 1.36 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 1.26 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1970 | 1.22 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 1.24 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 1.26 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 1.28 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 1.31 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 1.32 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 1.27 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 1.29 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 1.34 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 1.32 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 1.23 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 1.20 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 1.19 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 1.16 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 1.19 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 1.19 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 1.12 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 1.17 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 1.18 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.22 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 1.24 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 1.23 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 1.24 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 1.23 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 1.33 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 1.31 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 1.29 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 1.25 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 1.28 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1.33 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 1.34 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 1.28 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 1.27 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.27 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.21 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 1.19 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.18 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.16 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.12 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 1.13 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1.08 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 1.03 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 1.06 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.02 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 1.02 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 934,201 ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 992,338 ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 962,162 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 935,279 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 860,704 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 833,524 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 885,946 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 879,693 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 845,522 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 789,075 ha | -6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.28 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.27 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 990,193 ha | 860,704 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 846,752 ha | 789,075 ha | 885,946 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 18 Japan 361,476 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,859 ha compare
- 19 Thailand 359,795 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 798 ha compare
- 20 Brazil 353,177 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 322 ha compare
- 21 Nepal 334,784 ha compare
- 22 Italy 330,660 ha compare
- 23 Niger 316,038 ha compare
- 24 Algeria 315,828 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in United States of America?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in United States of America was 789,075 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 789,075 ha in 2024.
- How does United States of America rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of 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.