Wheat — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Wheat — Production was 89.59 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Northern America stood at 89.59 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Northern America peaked at 106.39 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 41.25 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern America 8th out of 26 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.
Wheat — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41.25 million t | — |
| 1962 | 45.11 million t | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 50.90 million t | +12.8% |
| 1964 | 51.28 million t | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 53.48 million t | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 58.03 million t | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 57.17 million t | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 60.05 million t | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 57.53 million t | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 45.81 million t | -20.4% |
| 1971 | 58.47 million t | +27.6% |
| 1972 | 56.60 million t | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 62.72 million t | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 61.80 million t | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 74.97 million t | +21.3% |
| 1976 | 82.07 million t | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 75.53 million t | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 69.46 million t | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 75.28 million t | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 84.09 million t | +11.7% |
| 1981 | 100.61 million t | +19.6% |
| 1982 | 101.97 million t | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 92.32 million t | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 91.81 million t | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 90.23 million t | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 88.28 million t | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 83.31 million t | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 65.23 million t | -21.7% |
| 1989 | 80.22 million t | +23.0% |
| 1990 | 106.39 million t | +32.6% |
| 1991 | 85.84 million t | -19.3% |
| 1992 | 97.01 million t | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 92.48 million t | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 86.09 million t | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 84.39 million t | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 91.78 million t | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 91.84 million t | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 93.41 million t | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 89.53 million t | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 87.17 million t | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 73.63 million t | -15.5% |
| 2002 | 59.67 million t | -19.0% |
| 2003 | 86.85 million t | +45.6% |
| 2004 | 83.49 million t | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 82.99 million t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 74.48 million t | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 75.91 million t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 96.64 million t | +27.3% |
| 2009 | 87.32 million t | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 83.36 million t | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 79.71 million t | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 88.92 million t | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 95.69 million t | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 84.59 million t | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 83.49 million t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 94.97 million t | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 77.76 million t | -18.1% |
| 2018 | 83.66 million t | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 85.25 million t | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 85.19 million t | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 67.23 million t | -21.1% |
| 2022 | 79.77 million t | +18.7% |
| 2023 | 82.73 million t | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 89.59 million t | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52.76 million t | 41.25 million t | 60.05 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 66.27 million t | 45.81 million t | 82.07 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 87.81 million t | 65.23 million t | 101.97 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 91.88 million t | 84.39 million t | 106.39 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.81 million t | 59.67 million t | 96.64 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.74 million t | 77.76 million t | 95.69 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.90 million t | 67.23 million t | 89.59 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 2.43 million t compare
- 5 USSR 71.99 million t compare
- 6 Canada 35.94 million t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1.19 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 292,710 t compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 34.57 million t compare
- 8 Australia 34.11 million t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 119,000 t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 90,073 t compare
- 9 Pakistan 31.81 million t compare
- 10 France 26.61 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
- 11 Ukraine 22.44 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -0.5402 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.3573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0.5317 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Northern America?
- Wheat — production in Northern America was 89.59 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 106.39 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.25 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for wheat — production?
- Northern America ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 Wheat — Production. 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.