Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in South America
South America: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 55,596 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 55,596 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in South America peaked at 56,659 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 15,801 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 14th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,801 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,250 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 16,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 16,687 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 16,923 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 18,131 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 18,568 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 18,558 ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 17,877 ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 19,463 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 18,931 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 20,643 ha | +9.0% |
| 1973 | 21,340 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 21,276 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 21,822 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 23,102 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 23,768 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 25,201 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 25,723 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 27,189 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 27,885 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 31,069 ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 28,026 ha | -9.8% |
| 1984 | 30,581 ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 32,063 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 37,241 ha | +16.1% |
| 1987 | 33,013 ha | -11.4% |
| 1988 | 37,244 ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 37,972 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 36,489 ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 36,304 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 35,304 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 34,870 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 38,029 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 39,366 ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 42,731 ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 44,726 ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 44,277 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 42,042 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 44,364 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 44,569 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 45,134 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 46,177 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 46,641 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 47,522 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 50,610 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 50,643 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 52,577 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 52,279 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 54,790 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 54,258 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 50,760 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 49,637 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 49,274 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 49,415 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 55,232 ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 56,659 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 50,115 ha | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 54,241 ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 53,652 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 53,025 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 55,473 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 54,347 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 55,596 ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,266 ha | 15,801 ha | 18,568 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,127 ha | 18,931 ha | 25,723 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,228 ha | 27,189 ha | 37,972 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,414 ha | 34,870 ha | 44,726 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,052 ha | 44,364 ha | 52,577 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,438 ha | 49,274 ha | 56,659 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 54,419 ha | 53,025 ha | 55,596 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in South America?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in South America was 55,596 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 56,659 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,801 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- South America ranks 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.