Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in South America
South America: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 3,087 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South America stood at 3,087 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South America peaked at 3,360 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,027 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places South America 7th out of 27 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,370 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,408 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 1,306 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1964 | 1,092 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1965 | 1,261 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1966 | 1,316 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 1,072 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1968 | 1,142 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 1,121 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 1,299 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1971 | 1,262 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 1,135 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1973 | 1,151 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 1,027 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 1,153 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 1,222 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 1,503 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1978 | 1,027 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1979 | 1,622 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1980 | 1,282 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1981 | 1,324 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 1,412 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 1,466 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 1,810 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 1,856 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 1,650 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 1,706 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 1,737 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 1,612 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1990 | 1,398 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 1,574 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1992 | 1,462 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 1,740 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1994 | 1,522 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1995 | 1,518 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,798 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1997 | 1,112 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1998 | 1,625 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1999 | 1,175 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2000 | 1,727 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 2001 | 1,583 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 1,629 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 1,528 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 1,776 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2005 | 2,003 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 1,959 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 2,358 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 2,488 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 2,250 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 2,534 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 2,506 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 2,262 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 2,564 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 2,665 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 2,492 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 2,927 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 3,007 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 2,380 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2019 | 3,209 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2020 | 3,323 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 3,207 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 3,360 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 2,888 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 3,087 kg/ha | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,232 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 1,408 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,240 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,585 kg/ha | 1,282 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,493 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha | 1,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,930 kg/ha | 1,528 kg/ha | 2,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,654 kg/ha | 2,262 kg/ha | 3,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,173 kg/ha | 2,888 kg/ha | 3,360 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 4 Palestine 5,010 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 2,891 kg/ha compare
- 5 Lebanon 4,708 kg/ha compare
- 6 Cyprus 4,375 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 2,682 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 4,306 kg/ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,346 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,385 kg/ha compare
- 8 Saudi Arabia 4,144 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nicaragua 4,124 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 1,068 kg/ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 4,040 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South America?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South America was 3,087 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,360 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,027 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does South America rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- South America ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield. 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.