Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 in Americas
Americas: Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 was 3.63 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 in Americas, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 3.63 million ha for drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Americas peaked at 3.63 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.46 million ha, in 1990.
Americas ranks 10th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.50 million ha | 3.46 million ha | 3.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.58 million ha | 3.57 million ha | 3.59 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.59 million ha | 3.58 million ha | 3.61 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.62 million ha | 3.62 million ha | 3.63 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More climate change data for Americas
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 140,812 million t (2025)
- Forestland — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — FAO TIER 1 -818,511 kt (2025)
- Forestland — Area — FAO TIER 1 1.62 million 1000 ha (2025)
- Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest) 996,689 kt (2025)
- Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) 1.82 million kt (2025)
- Net Forest conversion — Area — FAO TIER 1 5,284 1000 ha (2025)
- Carbon stock change in forests — Area — FAO TIER 1 1.63 million 1000 ha (2025)
- Savanna fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 49.59 kt (2024)
- Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 236.16 million t (2024)
- Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 17.21 kt (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Americas?
- Drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Americas was 3.63 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3.63 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.46 million ha in 1990.
- How does Americas rank for drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.