Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Northern America
Northern America: Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land was 0.7 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Northern America is 0.7 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Northern America peaked at 0.7 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.37 %, in 1969.
That places Northern America 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.39 % | — |
| 1962 | 0.39 % | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.39 % | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.39 % | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.39 % | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.39 % | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.38 % | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.38 % | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.37 % | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4 % | +8.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.43 % | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 0.43 % | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.43 % | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.43 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.43 % | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.44 % | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.44 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.45 % | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.46 % | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.47 % | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.48 % | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.5 % | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.51 % | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.52 % | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.54 % | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.55 % | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.56 % | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.57 % | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.58 % | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.59 % | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.61 % | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.61 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6 % | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.59 % | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6 % | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.61 % | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.61 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.61 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.62 % | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.63 % | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.62 % | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.63 % | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.65 % | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.66 % | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.65 % | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.67 % | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.68 % | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.69 % | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.7 % | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3856 % | 0.37 % | 0.39 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.376 % | 0.37 % | 0.4 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.428 % | 0.4 % | 0.45 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.516 % | 0.46 % | 0.57 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.599 % | 0.58 % | 0.61 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.635 % | 0.61 % | 0.67 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.694 % | 0.68 % | 0.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 24 Philippines 44.37 % compare
- 25 Guam 43.75 % compare
- 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 42.86 % compare
- 27 Equatorial Guinea 40.03 % compare
- 28 Sri Lanka 39.94 % compare
- 29 Trinidad and Tobago 39.18 % compare
- 30 American Samoa 36.67 % compare
More environment data for Northern America
- 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, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Northern America?
- Permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Northern America was 0.7 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.37 % in 1969.
- How does Northern America rank for permanent crops — share in agricultural land?
- Northern America ranks 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land. 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.