Beans, dry — Area harvested in South America
South America: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 3.65 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in South America is 3.65 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in South America peaked at 6.63 million ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 2.98 million ha, in 1961.
That places South America 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.98 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.09 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 3.36 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 3.53 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 3.69 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 3.77 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 4.12 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 4.12 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4.11 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 3.96 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 4.43 million ha | +11.8% |
| 1972 | 4.46 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 4.31 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 4.83 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 4.76 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 4.67 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 5.20 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1978 | 5.24 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 4.93 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 5.34 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 5.71 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 6.63 million ha | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 4.68 million ha | -29.4% |
| 1984 | 5.92 million ha | +26.5% |
| 1985 | 5.97 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 6.17 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 5.86 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 6.40 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 5.78 million ha | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 5.38 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 6.10 million ha | +13.4% |
| 1992 | 5.75 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 4.44 million ha | -22.9% |
| 1994 | 6.06 million ha | +36.5% |
| 1995 | 5.68 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 4.98 million ha | -12.3% |
| 1997 | 5.09 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 3.99 million ha | -21.6% |
| 1999 | 4.87 million ha | +22.1% |
| 2000 | 4.98 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 4.09 million ha | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 4.78 million ha | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 4.67 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 4.50 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 4.33 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 4.68 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 4.47 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 4.45 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 4.82 million ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 4.12 million ha | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 4.37 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 3.42 million ha | -21.8% |
| 2013 | 3.38 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 3.94 million ha | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 3.73 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 3.36 million ha | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 3.64 million ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 3.63 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 3.47 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 3.61 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 3.60 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 3.64 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 3.49 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 3.65 million ha | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.64 million ha | 2.98 million ha | 4.12 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.68 million ha | 3.96 million ha | 5.24 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.85 million ha | 4.68 million ha | 6.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.23 million ha | 3.99 million ha | 6.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.58 million ha | 4.09 million ha | 4.98 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.71 million ha | 3.36 million ha | 4.37 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.60 million ha | 3.49 million ha | 3.65 million ha | 5 |
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- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 29 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 15.37 million An (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production 254,037 t (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 17 kg/An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in South America?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in South America was 3.65 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 6.63 million ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.98 million ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- South America ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.