Brazil vs South America: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 88,031 ha against 33,054 ha in Brazil, a difference of 54,977 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.7 times Brazil's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 22nd and South America ranks 19th of 96 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,389 ha | 24,522 ha | 22,133 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 5,046 ha | 29,775 ha | 24,729 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 17,649 ha | 104,510 ha | 86,861 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 25,823 ha | 123,114 ha | 97,290 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 34,273 ha | 129,931 ha | 95,658 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 35,983 ha | 113,391 ha | 77,408 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 33,014 ha | 92,291 ha | 59,277 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, Brazil or South America?
- South America, at 88,031 ha against 33,054 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between Brazil and South America?
- 54,977 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and South America rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 22nd and South America ranks 19th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.