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 36 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
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
- 1 OECD 1.10 million 1000 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 590,185 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 451,806 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 321,456 1000 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 321,456 1000 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 272,792 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 70.73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 27.37 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 25.42 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.14 million t (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.12 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 3.85 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 26.66 million t (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 36 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.