Cropland — Area per capita in Americas
Americas: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.36 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Americas recorded 0.36 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Americas peaked at 0.76 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.36 ha/cap, in 2022.
That places Americas 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7044 ha/cap | 0.67 ha/cap | 0.76 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.632 ha/cap | 0.61 ha/cap | 0.67 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.571 ha/cap | 0.53 ha/cap | 0.61 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.479 ha/cap | 0.45 ha/cap | 0.52 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.419 ha/cap | 0.39 ha/cap | 0.44 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.379 ha/cap | 0.37 ha/cap | 0.39 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.364 ha/cap | 0.36 ha/cap | 0.37 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 1.01 ha/cap compare
- 6 Canada 0.96 ha/cap compare
- 7 Ukraine 0.89 ha/cap compare
- 8 Russian Federation 0.85 ha/cap compare
- 9 Lithuania 0.81 ha/cap compare
- 10 USSR 0.78 ha/cap compare
- 11 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.76 ha/cap compare
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.51 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.71 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 29,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 9.81 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Americas?
- Cropland — area per capita in Americas was 0.36 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 0.76 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.36 ha/cap in 2022.
- How does Americas rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Americas ranks 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.