Fruit Primary — Yield in South America
South America: Fruit Primary — Yield was 16,610 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 16,610 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in South America peaked at 16,918 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11,192 kg/ha, in 1973.
South America ranks 7th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,989 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,308 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 12,384 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 12,127 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 12,197 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 11,881 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 12,548 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 12,333 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 12,695 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 12,800 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 12,454 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 12,815 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 11,192 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 12,821 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 12,309 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 13,107 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 12,777 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 12,817 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 13,019 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 12,320 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 12,328 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 12,604 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 12,128 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 12,441 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 12,239 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 11,759 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 12,440 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 12,348 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 12,443 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 12,410 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 12,519 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 12,613 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 12,881 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 12,905 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 13,580 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 13,438 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 14,144 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 13,282 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 14,248 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 13,664 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 14,047 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 14,200 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 14,122 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 14,487 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 14,534 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 14,831 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 14,985 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 14,822 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 14,823 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15,178 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 15,858 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 15,468 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 15,636 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 15,893 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 15,912 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 15,623 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 16,283 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 16,849 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 16,716 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 16,361 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 16,859 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 16,623 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 16,918 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 16,610 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,274 kg/ha | 11,881 kg/ha | 12,695 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,611 kg/ha | 11,192 kg/ha | 13,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,305 kg/ha | 11,759 kg/ha | 12,604 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,202 kg/ha | 12,410 kg/ha | 14,248 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,451 kg/ha | 13,664 kg/ha | 14,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,942 kg/ha | 15,178 kg/ha | 16,849 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,674 kg/ha | 16,361 kg/ha | 16,918 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 4 Zimbabwe 33,576 kg/ha compare
- 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 33,139 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 15,569 kg/ha compare
- 6 Martinique 31,328 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,650 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 31,261 kg/ha compare
- 8 Honduras 31,136 kg/ha compare
- 8 Caribbean 15,510 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 10,810 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,428 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ireland 30,936 kg/ha compare
- 10 Kuwait 27,231 kg/ha compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate 7.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.8106 % 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)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in South America?
- Fruit primary — yield in South America was 16,610 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 16,918 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,192 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does South America rank for fruit primary — yield?
- South America ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.