Other land — Area in Americas
Americas: Other land — Area was 1.10 million 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other land — Area in Americas, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other land — area in Americas is 1.10 million 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other land — area in Americas peaked at 1.10 million 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 904,659 1000 ha, in 1990.
Americas ranks 3rd of 32 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Other land — Area in Americas, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 904,659 1000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 905,160 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 909,036 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 916,294 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 926,312 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 935,674 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 945,949 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 960,309 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 964,088 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 971,516 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 979,381 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 985,285 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 990,133 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 994,525 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 997,814 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.00 million 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.01 million 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.02 million 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.02 million 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.02 million 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.02 million 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.03 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.03 million 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.03 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.04 million 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.05 million 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.07 million 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.08 million 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.08 million 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.09 million 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.10 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 933,900 1000 ha | 904,659 1000 ha | 971,516 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.00 million 1000 ha | 979,381 1000 ha | 1.02 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 million 1000 ha | 1.02 million 1000 ha | 1.07 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million 1000 ha | 1.08 million 1000 ha | 1.10 million 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 341.57 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other land — area in Americas?
- Other land — area in Americas was 1.10 million 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other land — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other land — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 904,659 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Americas rank for other land — area?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other land — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Other 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.