Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in South America
South America: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 1,310 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in South America is 1,310 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in South America peaked at 1,375 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 252.4 kg/ha, in 1967.
South America ranks 9th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 337.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 347.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 339.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 324.5 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1965 | 320.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 355.7 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 252.4 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1968 | 272.2 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 269.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 260.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 274.1 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 282.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 304.5 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 326.5 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 306.4 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 268.7 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1977 | 286.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 268 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 279.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 288.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 314.2 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 309.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 308.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 373.4 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1985 | 397.6 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 374.6 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 423.3 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 481.6 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 451.3 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 483.6 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 519.8 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 447.2 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1993 | 531 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1994 | 517.3 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 559 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 555.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 547.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 524.2 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 666.4 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2000 | 789.8 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2001 | 827.5 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 864.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 914.7 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 934 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 856 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 897.4 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,034 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 1,091 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 1,060 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 1,039 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,062 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 973.8 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 1,066 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 1,125 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 1,138 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,078 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 1,318 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2018 | 1,361 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 1,370 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,375 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,333 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,230 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 1,316 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 1,310 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 313.33 kg/ha | 252.4 kg/ha | 355.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 285.83 kg/ha | 260.9 kg/ha | 326.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 372.35 kg/ha | 288.9 kg/ha | 481.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 535.15 kg/ha | 447.2 kg/ha | 666.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 926.85 kg/ha | 789.8 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,153 kg/ha | 973.8 kg/ha | 1,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,313 kg/ha | 1,230 kg/ha | 1,375 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 Samoa 5,075 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 840 kg/ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 4,661 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 4,637 kg/ha compare
- 9 Italy 4,617 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bhutan 3,994 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 612 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 600.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 3,438 kg/ha compare
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- 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)
- 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in South America?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in South America was 1,310 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,375 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 252.4 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does South America rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- South America ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.