Avocados — Area harvested in South America
South America: Avocados — Area harvested was 265,771 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in South America stood at 265,771 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 109.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in South America peaked at 265,771 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29,835 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 4th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,835 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,511 ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 32,686 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 33,128 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 34,411 ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 36,003 ha | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 37,704 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 40,371 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 44,048 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 46,625 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 45,341 ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 46,687 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 47,595 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 50,366 ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 51,059 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 49,931 ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 49,960 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 48,596 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 48,853 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 48,231 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 50,906 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 51,704 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 52,394 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 53,106 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 53,727 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 54,986 ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 55,430 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 58,534 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 59,102 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 58,490 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 58,476 ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 59,084 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 60,068 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 61,599 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 61,603 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 63,672 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 60,790 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 59,086 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 65,735 ha | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 68,530 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 70,321 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 72,375 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 71,676 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 76,047 ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 79,717 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 81,402 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 83,587 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 88,862 ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 91,212 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 100,147 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 107,022 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 113,270 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 122,678 ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 127,037 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 131,396 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 139,907 ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 146,578 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 158,200 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 177,942 ha | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 198,678 ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 221,749 ha | +11.6% |
| 2022 | 243,784 ha | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 249,164 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 265,771 ha | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,522 ha | 29,835 ha | 44,048 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,501 ha | 45,341 ha | 51,059 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,812 ha | 48,231 ha | 59,102 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,860 ha | 58,476 ha | 65,735 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,373 ha | 68,530 ha | 91,212 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,418 ha | 100,147 ha | 177,942 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 235,829 ha | 198,678 ha | 265,771 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in South America?
- Avocados — area harvested in South America was 265,771 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 265,771 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,835 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for avocados — area harvested?
- South America ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.2%. 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 Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.