Vegetables Primary — Production in Northern America

Northern America: Vegetables Primary — Production was 30.78 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
30.78 million t
Change on year
down 8.4%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
39.93 million t
in 2004
All-time low
18.09 million t
in 1963
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for vegetables primary — production in Northern America is 30.78 million t, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Northern America peaked at 39.93 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 18.09 million t, in 1963.

Northern America ranks 17th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Vegetables Primary — Production in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 18.23 million t —
1962 19.23 million t +5.5%
1963 18.09 million t -5.9%
1964 18.16 million t +0.4%
1965 18.76 million t +3.3%
1966 18.98 million t +1.2%
1967 20.33 million t +7.1%
1968 22.41 million t +10.2%
1969 19.87 million t -11.4%
1970 20.34 million t +2.4%
1971 21.48 million t +5.6%
1972 21.77 million t +1.4%
1973 21.74 million t -0.1%
1974 23.55 million t +8.3%
1975 24.65 million t +4.6%
1976 23.83 million t -3.3%
1977 25.53 million t +7.2%
1978 25.60 million t +0.3%
1979 26.76 million t +4.5%
1980 24.89 million t -7.0%
1981 25.07 million t +0.7%
1982 27.39 million t +9.3%
1983 25.67 million t -6.3%
1984 27.64 million t +7.6%
1985 27.54 million t -0.3%
1986 26.73 million t -3.0%
1987 28.33 million t +6.0%
1988 27.58 million t -2.6%
1989 30.92 million t +12.1%
1990 31.93 million t +3.2%
1991 31.65 million t -0.9%
1992 31.60 million t -0.1%
1993 31.93 million t +1.0%
1994 36.62 million t +14.7%
1995 35.08 million t -4.2%
1996 35.38 million t +0.8%
1997 35.64 million t +0.7%
1998 34.44 million t -3.4%
1999 39.15 million t +13.7%
2000 39.38 million t +0.6%
2001 36.74 million t -6.7%
2002 38.88 million t +5.8%
2003 37.88 million t -2.5%
2004 39.93 million t +5.4%
2005 36.99 million t -7.4%
2006 37.26 million t +0.7%
2007 38.73 million t +4.0%
2008 36.89 million t -4.8%
2009 38.83 million t +5.3%
2010 36.89 million t -5.0%
2011 36.19 million t -1.9%
2012 37.60 million t +3.9%
2013 35.89 million t -4.5%
2014 37.86 million t +5.5%
2015 36.75 million t -3.0%
2016 36.48 million t -0.7%
2017 34.40 million t -5.7%
2018 34.02 million t -1.1%
2019 31.81 million t -6.5%
2020 31.50 million t -1.0%
2021 31.56 million t +0.2%
2022 31.78 million t +0.7%
2023 33.59 million t +5.7%
2024 30.78 million t -8.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 19.34 million t 18.09 million t 22.41 million t 9
1970s 23.53 million t 20.34 million t 26.76 million t 10
1980s 27.18 million t 24.89 million t 30.92 million t 10
1990s 34.34 million t 31.60 million t 39.15 million t 10
2000s 38.15 million t 36.74 million t 39.93 million t 10
2010s 35.79 million t 31.81 million t 37.86 million t 10
2020s 31.84 million t 30.78 million t 33.59 million t 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 14 Brazil 9.31 million t compare
  2. 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 602,503 t compare
  3. 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 478,076 t compare
  4. 15 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare
  5. 16 Algeria 8.69 million t compare
  6. 16 Republic of Moldova 242,709 t compare
  7. 17 Bangladesh 8.57 million t compare
  8. 17 Timor-Leste 35,772 t compare
  9. 18 Ukraine 7.92 million t compare
  10. 18 Polynesia 35,456 t compare
  11. 19 Philippines 6.88 million t compare
  12. 19 Micronesia 9,346 t compare
  13. 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,618 t compare
  14. 20 Pakistan 6.36 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in Northern America?
Vegetables primary — production in Northern America was 30.78 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 39.93 million t in 2004.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 18.09 million t in 1963.
How does Northern America rank for vegetables primary — production?
Northern America ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
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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.