Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in South America
South America: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 1.22 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South America is 1.22 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South America peaked at 1.58 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 210,383 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 7th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 210,383 ha | — |
| 1962 | 221,625 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 237,423 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 246,645 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 261,041 ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 282,520 ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 287,884 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 301,269 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 316,058 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 341,927 ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 357,902 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 384,768 ha | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 599,276 ha | +55.7% |
| 1974 | 509,509 ha | -15.0% |
| 1975 | 572,281 ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 602,617 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 611,303 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 642,856 ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 669,497 ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 898,337 ha | +34.2% |
| 1981 | 907,835 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 923,320 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 961,003 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 976,529 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1.06 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 1.09 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1.11 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 1.19 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 1.27 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 1.30 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 1.40 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 1.41 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 1.22 million ha | -12.9% |
| 1994 | 1.33 million ha | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 1.29 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 1.40 million ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 1.47 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 1.50 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 1.58 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 1.42 million ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 1.40 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 1.39 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.39 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.37 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 1.37 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.38 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.38 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.37 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.33 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.34 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.36 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.27 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 1.23 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 1.22 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.24 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1.21 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 1.22 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.19 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.21 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.17 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.22 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.24 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1.22 million ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,761 ha | 210,383 ha | 316,058 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 529,194 ha | 341,927 ha | 669,497 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.04 million ha | 898,337 ha | 1.27 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.39 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.38 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South America?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South America was 1.22 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 210,383 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- South America ranks 7th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested. 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.