Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in South America
South America: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 760,128 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South America is 760,128 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 15.5% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South America peaked at 1.12 million ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 261,778 ha, in 1993.
That places South America 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 657,791 ha | — |
| 1962 | 792,342 ha | +20.5% |
| 1963 | 728,123 ha | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 827,459 ha | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 972,751 ha | +17.6% |
| 1966 | 1.03 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 1.07 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 947,471 ha | -11.8% |
| 1969 | 902,623 ha | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 929,801 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 1.10 million ha | +18.1% |
| 1972 | 1.12 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 940,057 ha | -15.7% |
| 1974 | 800,475 ha | -14.8% |
| 1975 | 771,629 ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 750,622 ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 664,448 ha | -11.5% |
| 1978 | 752,441 ha | +13.2% |
| 1979 | 752,488 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 663,652 ha | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 515,213 ha | -22.4% |
| 1982 | 484,344 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 398,153 ha | -17.8% |
| 1984 | 367,046 ha | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 411,632 ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 401,723 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 461,736 ha | +14.9% |
| 1988 | 381,571 ha | -17.4% |
| 1989 | 321,450 ha | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 322,623 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 328,997 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 310,564 ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 261,778 ha | -15.7% |
| 1994 | 286,445 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 309,862 ha | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 381,963 ha | +23.3% |
| 1997 | 446,294 ha | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 544,700 ha | +22.0% |
| 1999 | 507,417 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 387,225 ha | -23.7% |
| 2001 | 417,740 ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 377,429 ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 310,507 ha | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 342,182 ha | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 417,620 ha | +22.0% |
| 2006 | 342,966 ha | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 397,505 ha | +15.9% |
| 2008 | 404,133 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 410,015 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 370,091 ha | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 428,596 ha | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 475,343 ha | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 581,340 ha | +22.3% |
| 2014 | 614,459 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 633,875 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 561,717 ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 550,597 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 654,484 ha | +18.9% |
| 2019 | 620,945 ha | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 604,562 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 666,466 ha | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 669,082 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 658,051 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 760,128 ha | +15.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 881,340 ha | 657,791 ha | 1.07 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 857,544 ha | 664,448 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 440,652 ha | 321,450 ha | 663,652 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 370,064 ha | 261,778 ha | 544,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 380,732 ha | 310,507 ha | 417,740 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 549,145 ha | 370,091 ha | 654,484 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 671,658 ha | 604,562 ha | 760,128 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South America?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South America was 760,128 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 million ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 261,778 ha in 1993.
- How does South America rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- South America ranks 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.