Land area — Area in Northern America
Northern America: Land area — Area was 1.83 million 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Land area — Area in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land area — area in Northern America is 1.83 million 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area — area in Northern America peaked at 1.85 million 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.83 million 1000 ha, in 2024.
Northern America ranks 11th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Land area — Area in Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.85 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.83 million 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1.83 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.83 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.83 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.84 million 1000 ha | 1.83 million 1000 ha | 1.85 million 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 26.46 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area — area in Northern America?
- Land area — area in Northern America was 1.83 million 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area — area recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.85 million 1000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest land area — area recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.83 million 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern America rank for land area — area?
- Northern America ranks 11th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land area — area rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land area — 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.