Crop yields in Brazil
Brazil: Crop yields was 2.61 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.61 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 12.6%
World rank
77th
of 126 countries
All-time high
3.27 tonnes per hectare
in 2022
All-time low
0.4237 tonnes per hectare
in 1972
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Crop yields in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 2.61 tonnes per hectare for crop yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.6% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop yields in Brazil peaked at 3.27 tonnes per hectare in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4237 tonnes per hectare, in 1972.
That places Brazil 77th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Crop yields in Brazil, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.533 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.9491 tonnes per hectare | +78.1% |
| 1963 | 0.4945 tonnes per hectare | -47.9% |
| 1964 | 0.8765 tonnes per hectare | +77.2% |
| 1965 | 0.7636 tonnes per hectare | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 0.8573 tonnes per hectare | +12.3% |
| 1967 | 0.7574 tonnes per hectare | -11.7% |
| 1968 | 0.8825 tonnes per hectare | +16.5% |
| 1969 | 0.9762 tonnes per hectare | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 0.9731 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.8865 tonnes per hectare | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 0.4237 tonnes per hectare | -52.2% |
| 1973 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +160.7% |
| 1974 | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 0.61 tonnes per hectare | -47.3% |
| 1976 | 0.9084 tonnes per hectare | +48.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6552 tonnes per hectare | -27.9% |
| 1978 | 0.9572 tonnes per hectare | +46.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7641 tonnes per hectare | -20.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8653 tonnes per hectare | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | +33.0% |
| 1982 | 0.646 tonnes per hectare | -43.9% |
| 1983 | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | +84.3% |
| 1984 | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | +41.7% |
| 1986 | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | +22.0% |
| 1988 | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | -31.8% |
| 1991 | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | +23.3% |
| 1992 | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | +18.9% |
| 1997 | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | -10.8% |
| 1998 | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 1.97 tonnes per hectare | +22.3% |
| 2000 | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | -24.3% |
| 2003 | 2.4 tonnes per hectare | +62.9% |
| 2004 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | -13.8% |
| 2005 | 1.97 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | -19.3% |
| 2007 | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | +39.4% |
| 2008 | 2.55 tonnes per hectare | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 2.83 tonnes per hectare | +36.0% |
| 2011 | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 2.75 tonnes per hectare | +19.0% |
| 2014 | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | -19.7% |
| 2015 | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 3.16 tonnes per hectare | +41.6% |
| 2017 | 2.28 tonnes per hectare | -27.8% |
| 2018 | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 2.86 tonnes per hectare | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 3.27 tonnes per hectare | +14.1% |
| 2023 | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | -28.9% |
| 2024 | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | +12.6% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 2.61 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.8 tonnes per hectare, 93% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 2.61 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.75 tonnes per hectare, 95% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop yields in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +160.7% | 0.4237 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7878 tonnes per hectare | 0.4945 tonnes per hectare | 0.9762 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8439 tonnes per hectare | 0.4237 tonnes per hectare | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 0.646 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 1.97 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 2.55 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 3.16 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.73 tonnes per hectare | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | 3.27 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop yields in Brazil?
- Crop yields in Brazil was 2.61 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest crop yields recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 3.27 tonnes per hectare in 2022.
- What is the lowest crop yields recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4237 tonnes per hectare in 1972.
- How does Brazil rank for crop yields?
- Brazil ranks 77th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is crop yields rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Crop yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.