Apples — Yield in South America
South America: Apples — Yield was 33,793 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 33,793 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in South America peaked at 38,866 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 14,737 kg/ha, in 1986.
South America ranks 5th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,011 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,913 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 30,325 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 25,041 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1965 | 33,379 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 28,950 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 32,775 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 28,556 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1969 | 26,925 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 27,258 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 25,642 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 31,546 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1973 | 18,039 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1974 | 37,902 kg/ha | +110.1% |
| 1975 | 30,195 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1976 | 29,286 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 36,042 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1978 | 35,291 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 38,866 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 16,239 kg/ha | -58.2% |
| 1981 | 16,481 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 15,462 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 14,827 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 17,010 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1985 | 17,037 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 14,737 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 19,034 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1988 | 18,787 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 18,998 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 21,460 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1991 | 22,762 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 23,692 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 22,876 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 22,132 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 22,841 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 23,636 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 22,798 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 22,897 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 26,586 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2000 | 22,711 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 25,744 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 24,817 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 26,708 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 29,872 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 27,128 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 27,309 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 29,475 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 30,782 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 30,427 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 33,499 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 33,603 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 33,494 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 33,382 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 34,883 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 34,321 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 32,485 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 35,577 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 33,992 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 36,793 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 35,275 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 38,326 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 35,227 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 36,176 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 33,793 kg/ha | -6.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in South America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +110.1% | 18,039 kg/ha | 37,902 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -58.2% | 38,866 kg/ha | 16,239 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,986 kg/ha | 25,041 kg/ha | 33,379 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,007 kg/ha | 18,039 kg/ha | 38,866 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,861 kg/ha | 14,737 kg/ha | 19,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,168 kg/ha | 21,460 kg/ha | 26,586 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,497 kg/ha | 22,711 kg/ha | 30,782 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,203 kg/ha | 32,485 kg/ha | 36,793 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,759 kg/ha | 33,793 kg/ha | 38,326 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 2 Switzerland 59,025 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 51,975 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,474 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 51,790 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11,679 kg/ha compare
- 5 Italy 44,933 kg/ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 10,844 kg/ha compare
- 6 South Africa 42,688 kg/ha compare
- 7 Libya 42,292 kg/ha compare
- 8 Israel 39,784 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 3,843 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in South America?
- Apples — yield in South America was 33,793 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 38,866 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,737 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does South America rank for apples — yield?
- South America ranks 5th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.