Crops — Gross per capita Production Index Number in South America
South America: Crops — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 113.22 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Crops — Gross per capita Production Index Number in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for crops — gross per capita production index number in South America is 113.22, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crops — gross per capita production index number in South America peaked at 113.22 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.3, in 1973.
South America ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Crops — Gross per capita Production Index Number in South America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52.43 | — |
| 1962 | 53.33 | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 52.7 | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 52.54 | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 55.6 | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 52.44 | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 55.16 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 52.32 | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 52.61 | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 53.28 | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 55.04 | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 53.5 | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 52.3 | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 56.37 | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 55.28 | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 55.24 | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 57.64 | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 56.07 | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 57.26 | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 57.56 | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 59.94 | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 60.28 | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 57.65 | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 60.53 | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 63.05 | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 59.31 | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 62.39 | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 63.38 | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 62.37 | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 59.96 | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 60.26 | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 61.93 | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 60.05 | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 63.63 | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 65.27 | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 63.3 | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 65.52 | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 66.67 | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 69.16 | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 68.75 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 71.45 | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 73.01 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 77.88 | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 78.67 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 79.44 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 81.46 | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 87.29 | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 89.94 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 83.21 | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 92.99 | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 96.6 | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 90.68 | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 98.06 | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 99.75 | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 101.59 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 98.66 | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 104.39 | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 101.74 | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 106.89 | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 107.39 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 107.44 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 105.47 | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 109.91 | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 113.22 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.24 | 52.32 | 55.6 | 9 |
| 1970s | 55.2 | 52.3 | 57.64 | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.65 | 57.56 | 63.38 | 10 |
| 1990s | 63.58 | 59.96 | 69.16 | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.11 | 68.75 | 89.94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.14 | 90.68 | 106.89 | 10 |
| 2020s | 108.69 | 105.47 | 113.22 | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Dominican Republic 180.3 compare
- 1 Türkiye 120.05 compare
- 2 Saudi Arabia 179.73 compare
- 3 Central African Republic 166.96 compare
- 4 Oman 162.9 compare
- 5 Senegal 160.51 compare
- 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 157.03 compare
- 6 Viet Nam 102.74 compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.9882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -4.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crops — gross per capita production index number in South America?
- Crops — gross per capita production index number in South America was 113.22 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest crops — gross per capita production index number recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 113.22 in 2024.
- What is the lowest crops — gross per capita production index number recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.3 in 1973.
- How does South America rank for crops — gross per capita production index number?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is crops — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 Crops — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.