Wheat — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Wheat — Production was 53.65 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production in United States of America is 53.65 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in United States of America peaked at 75.81 million t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 29.72 million t, in 1962.
That places United States of America 10th 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33.54 million t | — |
| 1962 | 29.72 million t | -11.4% |
| 1963 | 31.21 million t | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 34.93 million t | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 35.80 million t | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 35.51 million t | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 41.03 million t | +15.5% |
| 1968 | 42.37 million t | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 39.26 million t | -7.3% |
| 1970 | 36.78 million t | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 44.05 million t | +19.8% |
| 1972 | 42.08 million t | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 46.56 million t | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 48.50 million t | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 57.89 million t | +19.4% |
| 1976 | 58.48 million t | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 55.67 million t | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 48.32 million t | -13.2% |
| 1979 | 58.08 million t | +20.2% |
| 1980 | 64.80 million t | +11.6% |
| 1981 | 75.81 million t | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 75.25 million t | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 65.86 million t | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 70.62 million t | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 65.97 million t | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 56.90 million t | -13.8% |
| 1987 | 57.36 million t | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 49.32 million t | -14.0% |
| 1989 | 55.43 million t | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 74.29 million t | +34.0% |
| 1991 | 53.89 million t | -27.5% |
| 1992 | 67.14 million t | +24.6% |
| 1993 | 65.22 million t | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 63.17 million t | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 59.40 million t | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 61.98 million t | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 67.54 million t | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 69.33 million t | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 62.57 million t | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 60.64 million t | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 53.00 million t | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 43.70 million t | -17.5% |
| 2003 | 63.80 million t | +46.0% |
| 2004 | 58.70 million t | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 57.24 million t | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 49.22 million t | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 55.82 million t | +13.4% |
| 2008 | 68.02 million t | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 60.37 million t | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 60.06 million t | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 54.42 million t | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 61.68 million t | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 58.10 million t | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 55.15 million t | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 55.84 million t | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 62.83 million t | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 47.38 million t | -24.6% |
| 2018 | 51.31 million t | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 52.58 million t | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 49.75 million t | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 44.80 million t | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 44.90 million t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 49.31 million t | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 53.65 million t | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.93 million t | 29.72 million t | 42.37 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 49.64 million t | 36.78 million t | 58.48 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.73 million t | 49.32 million t | 75.81 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.45 million t | 53.89 million t | 74.29 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.05 million t | 43.70 million t | 68.02 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.93 million t | 47.38 million t | 62.83 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.48 million t | 44.80 million t | 53.65 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 34.57 million t compare
- 8 Australia 34.11 million 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
- 12 Kazakhstan 18.58 million t compare
- 13 Germany 18.53 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in United States of America?
- Wheat — production in United States of America was 53.65 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 75.81 million t in 1981.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.72 million t in 1962.
- How does United States of America rank for wheat — production?
- United States of America ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 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.