Vegetables Primary — Production in United States of America

United States of America: Vegetables Primary — Production was 28.38 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
28.38 million t
Change on year
down 9.2%
Rank
18th
of 29 groups
All-time high
37.76 million t
in 2004
All-time low
16.94 million t
in 1964
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024

010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, vegetables primary — production in United States of America stood at 28.38 million t.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in United States of America peaked at 37.76 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 16.94 million t, in 1964.

That places United States of America 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in United States of America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 17.10 million t
1962 18.02 million t +5.4%
1963 16.96 million t -5.9%
1964 16.94 million t -0.1%
1965 17.47 million t +3.1%
1966 17.77 million t +1.7%
1967 19.12 million t +7.6%
1968 21.08 million t +10.3%
1969 18.67 million t -11.4%
1970 18.97 million t +1.6%
1971 20.14 million t +6.2%
1972 20.56 million t +2.1%
1973 20.37 million t -0.9%
1974 22.19 million t +8.9%
1975 23.13 million t +4.3%
1976 22.36 million t -3.3%
1977 24.02 million t +7.4%
1978 23.95 million t -0.3%
1979 25.00 million t +4.4%
1980 23.23 million t -7.1%
1981 23.23 million t -0.0%
1982 25.45 million t +9.6%
1983 23.86 million t -6.3%
1984 25.59 million t +7.3%
1985 25.61 million t +0.1%
1986 24.93 million t -2.6%
1987 26.38 million t +5.8%
1988 25.63 million t -2.8%
1989 28.86 million t +12.6%
1990 29.76 million t +3.1%
1991 29.85 million t +0.3%
1992 29.75 million t -0.4%
1993 29.97 million t +0.8%
1994 34.47 million t +15.0%
1995 32.95 million t -4.4%
1996 33.20 million t +0.8%
1997 33.50 million t +0.9%
1998 32.26 million t -3.7%
1999 37.01 million t +14.7%
2000 37.48 million t +1.3%
2001 34.69 million t -7.4%
2002 36.84 million t +6.2%
2003 35.77 million t -2.9%
2004 37.76 million t +5.6%
2005 34.90 million t -7.6%
2006 35.13 million t +0.7%
2007 36.56 million t +4.1%
2008 34.88 million t -4.6%
2009 36.64 million t +5.1%
2010 34.72 million t -5.2%
2011 33.97 million t -2.2%
2012 35.26 million t +3.8%
2013 33.64 million t -4.6%
2014 35.66 million t +6.0%
2015 34.47 million t -3.3%
2016 34.14 million t -1.0%
2017 32.08 million t -6.0%
2018 31.73 million t -1.1%
2019 29.51 million t -7.0%
2020 29.22 million t -1.0%
2021 29.26 million t +0.1%
2022 29.42 million t +0.5%
2023 31.25 million t +6.2%
2024 28.38 million t -9.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 18.13 million t 16.94 million t 21.08 million t 9
1970s 22.07 million t 18.97 million t 25.00 million t 10
1980s 25.28 million t 23.23 million t 28.86 million t 10
1990s 32.27 million t 29.75 million t 37.01 million t 10
2000s 36.07 million t 34.69 million t 37.76 million t 10
2010s 33.52 million t 29.51 million t 35.66 million t 10
2020s 29.51 million t 28.38 million t 31.25 million t 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 15 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare
  2. 16 Algeria 8.69 million t compare
  3. 17 Bangladesh 8.57 million t compare
  4. 17 Timor-Leste 35,772 t compare
  5. 18 Ukraine 7.92 million t compare
  6. 19 Philippines 6.88 million t compare
  7. 20 Pakistan 6.36 million t compare
  8. 21 Niger 5.69 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in United States of America?
Vegetables primary — production in United States of America was 28.38 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 37.76 million t in 2004.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 16.94 million t in 1964.
How does United States of America rank for vegetables primary — production?
United States of America ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 — 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.