Cassava, fresh — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 15,465 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 15,465 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Brazil peaked at 15,465 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,600 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Brazil 30th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,073 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,442 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 13,752 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 14,194 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 14,282 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 13,884 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 14,243 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 14,615 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 14,819 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 14,553 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 14,594 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 14,532 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 12,609 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1974 | 12,360 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 12,794 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 12,153 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 11,919 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 11,849 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 11,824 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 11,640 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 11,859 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 11,344 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 10,600 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 11,824 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 12,379 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 12,464 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 12,146 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 12,300 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 12,561 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 12,553 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 12,616 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 12,002 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 12,063 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 13,217 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 13,063 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 11,759 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 12,820 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 12,352 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 13,280 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 13,482 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 13,542 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 13,795 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 13,444 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 13,634 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 13,606 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 14,046 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 14,010 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 14,137 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 13,861 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 13,950 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 14,623 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 13,612 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 14,080 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 14,828 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 15,244 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 15,067 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 14,609 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 14,702 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 14,724 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 14,992 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 14,987 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 15,026 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 15,454 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 15,465 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 15,465 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 15,465 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,034 kg/ha | 13,073 kg/ha | 14,819 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,919 kg/ha | 11,824 kg/ha | 14,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,912 kg/ha | 10,600 kg/ha | 12,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,572 kg/ha | 11,759 kg/ha | 13,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,756 kg/ha | 13,444 kg/ha | 14,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,544 kg/ha | 13,612 kg/ha | 15,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,185 kg/ha | 14,987 kg/ha | 15,465 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Brazil?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Brazil was 15,465 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 15,465 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,600 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Brazil rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Brazil ranks 30th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — 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.