Permanent crops — Area in Americas
Americas: Permanent crops — Area was 29,878 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent crops — Area in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent crops — area in Americas is 29,878 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — area in Americas peaked at 29,878 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17,822 1000 ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 7th out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,986 1000 ha | 17,822 1000 ha | 18,240 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,588 1000 ha | 18,422 1000 ha | 21,488 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,632 1000 ha | 22,146 1000 ha | 22,907 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,048 1000 ha | 22,415 1000 ha | 24,079 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,126 1000 ha | 24,493 1000 ha | 27,293 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,286 1000 ha | 25,989 1000 ha | 26,809 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,469 1000 ha | 28,904 1000 ha | 29,878 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.36 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.71 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.51 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 9.81 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent crops — area in Americas?
- Permanent crops — area in Americas was 29,878 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent crops — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 29,878 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,822 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for permanent crops — area?
- Americas ranks 7th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. 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 Permanent crops — 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.