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 7th out of 29 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.
Fruit Primary — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21.35 million t | — |
| 1962 | 22.27 million t | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 23.33 million t | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 24.27 million t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 25.25 million t | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 25.83 million t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 27.96 million t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 28.09 million t | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 29.20 million t | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 30.38 million t | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 31.32 million t | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 32.16 million t | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 30.16 million t | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 33.76 million t | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 33.75 million t | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 36.37 million t | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 37.12 million t | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 37.21 million t | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 38.41 million t | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 41.51 million t | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 42.16 million t | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 43.09 million t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 41.89 million t | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 44.41 million t | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 46.80 million t | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 46.69 million t | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 50.92 million t | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 52.29 million t | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 54.92 million t | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 54.97 million t | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 57.88 million t | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 61.59 million t | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 61.23 million t | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 62.81 million t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 66.72 million t | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 66.20 million t | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 71.89 million t | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 67.71 million t | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 73.84 million t | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 72.29 million t | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 72.84 million t | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 74.54 million t | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 74.93 million t | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 76.36 million t | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 77.58 million t | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 80.16 million t | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 81.74 million t | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 81.58 million t | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 80.17 million t | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 83.37 million t | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 87.59 million t | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 83.91 million t | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 83.94 million t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.42 million t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 86.76 million t | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 84.34 million t | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 83.19 million t | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 86.52 million t | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 88.34 million t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 86.14 million t | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 89.87 million t | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 90.17 million t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 92.96 million t | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 92.32 million t | -0.7% |
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
- 4 Brazil 41.57 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.99 million t compare
- 5 Mexico 25.64 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 25.03 million t compare
- 7 Italy 17.52 million t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 12.65 million t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.76 million t compare
- 8 USSR 17.31 million t compare
- 9 Spain 16.97 million t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 5.65 million t compare
- 10 Egypt 16.65 million t compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.17 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8097 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (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 7th out of 29 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.