Asparagus — Area harvested in South America
South America: Asparagus — Area harvested was 33,516 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 33,516 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in South America peaked at 39,011 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1,260 ha, in 1973.
South America ranks 7th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,495 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 1,486 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 1,473 ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 1,504 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 1,715 ha | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 1,980 ha | +15.5% |
| 1968 | 1,765 ha | -10.9% |
| 1969 | 1,774 ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 1,660 ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 1,380 ha | -16.9% |
| 1972 | 1,415 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 1,260 ha | -11.0% |
| 1974 | 1,313 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 1,358 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 1,345 ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 1,593 ha | +18.4% |
| 1978 | 1,876 ha | +17.8% |
| 1979 | 2,263 ha | +20.6% |
| 1980 | 2,472 ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 3,351 ha | +35.6% |
| 1982 | 3,641 ha | +8.7% |
| 1983 | 3,983 ha | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 4,667 ha | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 5,288 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 6,774 ha | +28.1% |
| 1987 | 8,002 ha | +18.1% |
| 1988 | 9,588 ha | +19.8% |
| 1989 | 13,031 ha | +35.9% |
| 1990 | 15,181 ha | +16.5% |
| 1991 | 18,099 ha | +19.2% |
| 1992 | 19,073 ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 23,810 ha | +24.8% |
| 1994 | 23,311 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 26,172 ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 28,922 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 23,120 ha | -20.1% |
| 1998 | 22,457 ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 25,475 ha | +13.4% |
| 2000 | 27,555 ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 25,740 ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 25,867 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 24,728 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 25,821 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 25,288 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 26,750 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 28,204 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 34,906 ha | +23.8% |
| 2009 | 35,278 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 36,432 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 38,658 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 38,606 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 39,011 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 37,079 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 38,929 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 37,031 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 37,911 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 37,804 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 38,690 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 38,579 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 37,513 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 37,978 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 34,875 ha | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 33,516 ha | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,627 ha | 1,450 ha | 1,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,546 ha | 1,260 ha | 2,263 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,080 ha | 2,472 ha | 13,031 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,562 ha | 15,181 ha | 28,922 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,014 ha | 24,728 ha | 35,278 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,015 ha | 36,432 ha | 39,011 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,492 ha | 33,516 ha | 38,579 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in South America?
- Asparagus — area harvested in South America was 33,516 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 39,011 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,260 ha in 1973.
- How does South America rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- South America ranks 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Area harvested. 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.