Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in South America
South America: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 787 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. — yield in South America is 787 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in South America peaked at 1,073 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 498.5 kg/ha, in 2012.
South America ranks 22nd of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 826.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 724.5 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 775.5 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 796.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 789.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 684 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 911.4 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1968 | 716.3 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1969 | 900 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1970 | 992.6 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 1,015 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 1,011 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1,008 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1,059 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 925.3 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1976 | 1,073 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1977 | 1,023 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 1,037 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1,030 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 848.6 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 792.7 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 848.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 819.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 685 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1985 | 885.7 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1987 | 854.7 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1988 | 754.2 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 580.6 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1990 | 612.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 600.4 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 656.5 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 649.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 650.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 659.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 711.4 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 749.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 705.4 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 678.9 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 712.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 707.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 715.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 720.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 719.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 721 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 727.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 729.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 730 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 735.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 743.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 674.3 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 498.5 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2013 | 751.6 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 2014 | 738.8 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 765.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 767.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 773.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 779.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 805.8 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 822.8 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 795.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 771.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 808 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 787 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in South America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +50.8% | 498.5 kg/ha | 751.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 791.51 kg/ha | 684 kg/ha | 911.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,017 kg/ha | 925.3 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 806.95 kg/ha | 580.6 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 667.41 kg/ha | 600.4 kg/ha | 749.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 721.91 kg/ha | 707.7 kg/ha | 735.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 729.83 kg/ha | 498.5 kg/ha | 805.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 797.02 kg/ha | 771.7 kg/ha | 822.8 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in South America?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in South America was 787 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,073 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 498.5 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does South America rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- South America ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. 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.