Cereals, primary — Yield in South America
South America: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,804 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — 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, primary — yield in South America is 4,804 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in South America peaked at 5,101 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,338 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places South America 9th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,403 kg/ha | 1,338 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,613 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,699 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,992 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 2,109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,552 kg/ha | 2,006 kg/ha | 2,984 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,360 kg/ha | 2,959 kg/ha | 3,776 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,542 kg/ha | 4,064 kg/ha | 5,101 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,807 kg/ha | 4,719 kg/ha | 5,030 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
- 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
- 11 Egypt 7,360 kg/ha compare
- 12 Ireland 7,325 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,346 kg/An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 16.58 million t (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 243 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in South America?
- Cereals, primary — yield in South America was 4,804 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 5,101 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,338 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does South America rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- South America ranks 9th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.