Fruit Primary — Production in South America
South America: Fruit Primary — Production was 92.32 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 92.32 million t for fruit primary — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in South America peaked at 92.96 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21.35 million t, in 1961.
That places South America 8th 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 | 25.28 million t | 21.35 million t | 29.20 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 34.07 million t | 30.16 million t | 38.41 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 46.47 million t | 41.51 million t | 54.92 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.48 million t | 54.97 million t | 73.84 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.22 million t | 72.29 million t | 81.74 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.24 million t | 83.19 million t | 88.34 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.29 million t | 86.14 million t | 92.96 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
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 — Milk Animals 29.73 million An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 10.37 million 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in South America?
- Fruit primary — production in South America was 92.32 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 92.96 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.35 million t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for fruit primary — production?
- South America ranks 8th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Fruit Primary — Production. 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.