Dates — Area harvested in South America
South America: Dates — Area harvested was 163 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 163 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 109.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in South America peaked at 270 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 69 ha, in 1999.
South America ranks 20th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 95 ha | -36.7% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 97 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 141 ha | +28.2% |
| 1983 | 141 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 141 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | +77.3% |
| 1986 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 150 ha | -44.4% |
| 1995 | 70 ha | -53.3% |
| 1996 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 123 ha | +53.8% |
| 1998 | 73 ha | -40.7% |
| 1999 | 69 ha | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 80 ha | +15.9% |
| 2001 | 89 ha | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 90 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 92 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 92 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 92 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 141 ha | +53.3% |
| 2007 | 95 ha | -32.6% |
| 2008 | 82 ha | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 78 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 107 ha | +37.2% |
| 2011 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 109 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 109 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 78 ha | -28.4% |
| 2015 | 90 ha | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 104 ha | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 92 ha | -11.5% |
| 2018 | 145 ha | +57.6% |
| 2019 | 145 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 141 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 144 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 164 ha | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 163 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 163 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +77.3% | 141 ha | 250 ha |
| 2018 | +57.6% | 92 ha | 145 ha |
| 1997 | +53.8% | 80 ha | 123 ha |
| 1995 | -53.3% | 150 ha | 70 ha |
| 2006 | +53.3% | 92 ha | 141 ha |
| 1994 | -44.4% | 270 ha | 150 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125 ha | 95 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 113.2 ha | 95 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 197.3 ha | 110 ha | 270 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 164.5 ha | 69 ha | 270 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.1 ha | 78 ha | 141 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 108.6 ha | 78 ha | 145 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155 ha | 141 ha | 164 ha | 5 |
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- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % 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 dates — area harvested in South America?
- Dates — area harvested in South America was 163 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 270 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 69 ha in 1999.
- How does South America rank for dates — area harvested?
- South America ranks 20th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.0%. 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 Dates — 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.