Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 353.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 353.6 kg/ha for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.1% on the previous year and up 105.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Brazil peaked at 557.8 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 87.1 kg/ha, in 1998.
Brazil ranks 29th of 32 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 193.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 206.7 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 200.3 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 155.5 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1965 | 214.1 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1966 | 186.2 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1967 | 312.9 kg/ha | +68.0% |
| 1968 | 328.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 312.1 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 250 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1971 | 272.4 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 388.9 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1973 | 557.8 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 1974 | 411.9 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1975 | 186.2 kg/ha | -54.8% |
| 1976 | 299.3 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1977 | 444.2 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 1978 | 498.9 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 383.2 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1980 | 407.3 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 365.3 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 344.6 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 388.9 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 231.8 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1985 | 314.9 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1986 | 295.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 170.8 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1988 | 285.2 kg/ha | +67.0% |
| 1989 | 264.4 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 184.7 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1991 | 288.5 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 1992 | 155.2 kg/ha | -46.2% |
| 1993 | 106.2 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1994 | 220.1 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 1995 | 264.6 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1996 | 305.3 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 215.4 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1998 | 87.1 kg/ha | -59.6% |
| 1999 | 237.4 kg/ha | +172.6% |
| 2000 | 212.9 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2001 | 194.3 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 247.4 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2003 | 268.3 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 271.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 218.1 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2006 | 343.3 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 2007 | 192.3 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 2008 | 325.5 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 2009 | 290.9 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 137.5 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 2011 | 301.9 kg/ha | +119.6% |
| 2012 | 106.5 kg/ha | -64.7% |
| 2013 | 157.7 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 2014 | 171.8 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 174.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 131.4 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2017 | 273.4 kg/ha | +108.1% |
| 2018 | 322 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 325.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 326.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 260 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2022 | 346.5 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2023 | 289.5 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2024 | 353.6 kg/ha | +22.1% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 353.6 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,118 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 353.6 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 986.6 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 234.37 kg/ha | 155.5 kg/ha | 328.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 369.28 kg/ha | 186.2 kg/ha | 557.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 306.87 kg/ha | 170.8 kg/ha | 407.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 206.45 kg/ha | 87.1 kg/ha | 305.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 256.48 kg/ha | 192.3 kg/ha | 343.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 210.22 kg/ha | 106.5 kg/ha | 325.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 315.3 kg/ha | 260 kg/ha | 353.6 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Brazil?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Brazil was 353.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 557.8 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.1 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Brazil rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Brazil ranks 29th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield. 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.