Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Americas

Americas: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 468,212 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
468,212 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
3rd
of 29 groups
All-time high
469,224 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
439,548 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992–2022

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k1992200720221992: 439.9k 1000 ha1993: 440.1k 1000 ha1994: 439.5k 1000 ha1995: 445.6k 1000 ha1996: 447.0k 1000 ha1997: 448.1k 1000 ha1998: 450.4k 1000 ha1999: 454.3k 1000 ha2000: 455.2k 1000 ha2001: 455.8k 1000 ha2002: 455.6k 1000 ha2003: 456.8k 1000 ha2004: 460.9k 1000 ha2005: 460.2k 1000 ha2006: 459.2k 1000 ha2007: 460.0k 1000 ha2008: 461.1k 1000 ha2009: 461.8k 1000 ha2010: 462.6k 1000 ha2011: 463.7k 1000 ha2012: 464.6k 1000 ha2013: 465.0k 1000 ha2014: 465.5k 1000 ha2015: 466.2k 1000 ha2016: 467.2k 1000 ha2017: 468.0k 1000 ha2018: 469.0k 1000 ha2019: 469.2k 1000 ha2020: 469.2k 1000 ha2021: 469.1k 1000 ha2022: 468.2k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Americas recorded 468,212 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Americas peaked at 469,224 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 439,548 1000 ha, in 1994.

That places Americas 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 445,618 1000 ha 439,548 1000 ha 454,316 1000 ha 8
2000s 458,645 1000 ha 455,171 1000 ha 461,798 1000 ha 10
2010s 466,103 1000 ha 462,589 1000 ha 469,151 1000 ha 10
2020s 468,856 1000 ha 468,212 1000 ha 469,224 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 China 182,511 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 181,768 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 India 172,719 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Russian Federation 158,557 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Brazil 144,093 1000 ha compare
  6. 6 Argentina 53,362 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Americas?
Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Americas was 468,212 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 469,224 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 439,548 1000 ha in 1994.
How does Americas rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
Americas ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.