Cropland — Share in Land area in Northern America
Northern America: Cropland — Share in Land area was 10.52 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Share in Land area in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, cropland — share in land area in Northern America stood at 10.52 %. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — share in land area in Northern America peaked at 12.54 % in 1986 and was at its lowest, 10.52 %, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.85 % | 11.63 % | 12.43 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.37 % | 12.31 % | 12.49 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.49 % | 12.42 % | 12.54 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.15 % | 11.83 % | 12.41 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.33 % | 10.8 % | 11.83 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.66 % | 10.55 % | 10.75 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.54 % | 10.52 % | 10.59 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — share in land area in Northern America?
- Cropland — share in land area in Northern America was 10.52 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — share in land area recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 12.54 % in 1986.
- What is the lowest cropland — share in land area recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.52 % in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for cropland — share in land area?
- Northern America ranks 8th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — share in land area rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 — Share in Land area. 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.