Avocados — Production in South America
South America: Avocados — Production was 3.00 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 3.00 million t for avocados — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 162.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — production in South America peaked at 3.00 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 205,970 t, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 264,813 t | 205,970 t | 330,516 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 365,338 t | 341,176 t | 410,411 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 373,183 t | 342,484 t | 409,855 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 414,696 t | 374,493 t | 491,255 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 691,590 t | 492,103 t | 837,901 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 million t | 845,912 t | 1.70 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.58 million t | 2.12 million t | 3.00 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 524,052 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — production in South America?
- Avocados — production in South America was 3.00 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.00 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 205,970 t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for avocados — production?
- South America ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 162.0%. 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 — Production. 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.