Cropland — Area per capita in Northern America
Northern America: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.5 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, cropland — area per capita in Northern America stood at 0.5 ha/cap. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Northern America peaked at 1.09 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.5 ha/cap, in 2023.
Northern America ranks 4th of 34 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 ha/cap | 0.97 ha/cap | 1.09 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.949 ha/cap | 0.92 ha/cap | 1 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.866 ha/cap | 0.82 ha/cap | 0.91 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.761 ha/cap | 0.71 ha/cap | 0.82 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.643 ha/cap | 0.58 ha/cap | 0.7 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.546 ha/cap | 0.52 ha/cap | 0.57 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.508 ha/cap | 0.5 ha/cap | 0.52 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 176,906 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 2.66 million t (2024)
- Land area — Area 1.83 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 34.16 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Northern America?
- Cropland — area per capita in Northern America was 0.5 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 ha/cap in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.