Cereals, primary — Production in South America
South America: Cereals, primary — Production was 258.81 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 258.81 million t for cereals, primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in South America peaked at 258.81 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.18 million t, in 1961.
That places South America 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36.18 million t | — |
| 1962 | 36.82 million t | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 40.66 million t | +10.4% |
| 1964 | 45.04 million t | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 42.10 million t | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 43.26 million t | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 47.96 million t | +10.9% |
| 1968 | 44.93 million t | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 47.25 million t | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 52.48 million t | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 53.75 million t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 49.92 million t | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 56.15 million t | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 59.80 million t | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 59.55 million t | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 66.07 million t | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 64.28 million t | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 62.27 million t | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 63.71 million t | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 62.79 million t | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 73.92 million t | +17.7% |
| 1982 | 80.19 million t | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 71.73 million t | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 77.35 million t | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 77.21 million t | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 77.33 million t | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 82.68 million t | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 81.43 million t | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 78.73 million t | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 67.03 million t | -14.9% |
| 1991 | 73.47 million t | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 85.12 million t | +15.9% |
| 1993 | 84.70 million t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 88.22 million t | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 91.43 million t | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 90.97 million t | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 99.09 million t | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 96.03 million t | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 100.57 million t | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 104.33 million t | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 113.48 million t | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 103.44 million t | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 125.00 million t | +20.8% |
| 2004 | 123.77 million t | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 118.55 million t | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 118.33 million t | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 138.77 million t | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 144.44 million t | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 126.17 million t | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 151.62 million t | +20.2% |
| 2011 | 156.86 million t | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 161.91 million t | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 185.32 million t | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 188.20 million t | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 192.74 million t | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 184.64 million t | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 226.20 million t | +22.5% |
| 2018 | 206.27 million t | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 237.68 million t | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 242.76 million t | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 238.89 million t | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 251.55 million t | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 255.00 million t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 258.81 million t | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.69 million t | 36.18 million t | 47.96 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 58.80 million t | 49.92 million t | 66.07 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.34 million t | 62.79 million t | 82.68 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.66 million t | 67.03 million t | 100.57 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 121.63 million t | 103.44 million t | 144.44 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 189.14 million t | 151.62 million t | 237.68 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 249.40 million t | 238.89 million t | 258.81 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Argentina 85.73 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.89 million t compare
- 8 Indonesia 68.28 million t compare
- 9 Bangladesh 66.35 million t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.39 million t compare
- 10 Canada 63.66 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 4.33 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.27 million t compare
- 11 Pakistan 55.93 million t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.74 million t compare
- 12 Ukraine 55.65 million t compare
- 13 France 53.55 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in South America?
- Cereals, primary — production in South America was 258.81 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 258.81 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.18 million t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for cereals, primary — production?
- South America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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, primary — Production. 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.