Temporary crops — Area in Americas
Americas: Temporary crops — Area was 290,596 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Temporary crops — Area in Americas, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temporary crops — area in Americas is 290,596 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temporary crops — area in Americas peaked at 291,618 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 256,166 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Americas 3rd out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 263,111 1000 ha | 256,166 1000 ha | 270,223 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 285,268 1000 ha | 274,990 1000 ha | 290,961 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 289,608 1000 ha | 286,216 1000 ha | 291,618 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.36 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.51 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 29,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temporary crops — area in Americas?
- Temporary crops — area in Americas was 290,596 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temporary crops — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 291,618 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest temporary crops — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 256,166 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Americas rank for temporary crops — area?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is temporary crops — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Temporary 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.