Wheat — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Wheat — Area harvested was 468,036 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 468,036 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.5% on the previous year and down 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 1.22 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 468,036 ha, in 2024.
That places Mexico 46th out of 124 countries 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.
Wheat — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 836,538 ha | — |
| 1962 | 747,728 ha | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 819,210 ha | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 818,325 ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 858,259 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 730,793 ha | -14.9% |
| 1967 | 778,374 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 790,646 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 841,279 ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 886,169 ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 614,180 ha | -30.7% |
| 1972 | 686,665 ha | +11.8% |
| 1973 | 640,456 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 774,149 ha | +20.9% |
| 1975 | 778,237 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 894,140 ha | +14.9% |
| 1977 | 708,863 ha | -20.7% |
| 1978 | 759,526 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 584,226 ha | -23.1% |
| 1980 | 723,804 ha | +23.9% |
| 1981 | 859,760 ha | +18.8% |
| 1982 | 1.01 million ha | +17.2% |
| 1983 | 857,043 ha | -15.0% |
| 1984 | 1.03 million ha | +20.6% |
| 1985 | 1.22 million ha | +17.7% |
| 1986 | 1.20 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 988,097 ha | -17.8% |
| 1988 | 912,762 ha | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 1.14 million ha | +25.4% |
| 1990 | 932,763 ha | -18.5% |
| 1991 | 983,892 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 915,882 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 877,598 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 964,572 ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 929,331 ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 809,240 ha | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 772,303 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 768,844 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 652,312 ha | -15.2% |
| 2000 | 707,768 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 687,248 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 634,559 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 604,700 ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 517,300 ha | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 634,548 ha | +22.7% |
| 2006 | 646,231 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 691,679 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 801,735 ha | +15.9% |
| 2009 | 828,408 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 678,550 ha | -18.1% |
| 2011 | 662,221 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 578,836 ha | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 634,241 ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 706,611 ha | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 819,928 ha | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 723,559 ha | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 661,450 ha | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 541,345 ha | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 586,543 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 561,282 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 547,779 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 595,823 ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 560,369 ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 468,036 ha | -16.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 468,036 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 468,036 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198,067 ha, 2.4× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 802,350 ha | 730,793 ha | 858,259 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 732,661 ha | 584,226 ha | 894,140 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 994,687 ha | 723,804 ha | 1.22 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 860,674 ha | 652,312 ha | 983,892 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 675,418 ha | 517,300 ha | 828,408 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 659,328 ha | 541,345 ha | 819,928 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 546,658 ha | 468,036 ha | 595,823 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
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 wheat — area harvested in Mexico?
- Wheat — area harvested in Mexico was 468,036 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 468,036 ha in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 46th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.