Millet — Area harvested in South America
South America: Millet — Area harvested was 5,682 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in South America stood at 5,682 ha.
The figure is down 21.7% on the previous year and up 152.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in South America peaked at 255,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 1,800 ha, in 2018.
South America ranks 23rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 201,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 159,200 ha | -21.0% |
| 1963 | 145,340 ha | -8.7% |
| 1964 | 167,600 ha | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 114,800 ha | -31.5% |
| 1966 | 163,353 ha | +42.3% |
| 1967 | 188,200 ha | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 210,050 ha | +11.6% |
| 1969 | 197,100 ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 131,580 ha | -33.2% |
| 1971 | 151,350 ha | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 115,800 ha | -23.5% |
| 1973 | 198,450 ha | +71.4% |
| 1974 | 208,100 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 194,400 ha | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 230,600 ha | +18.6% |
| 1977 | 255,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 244,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 238,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 182,200 ha | -23.4% |
| 1981 | 187,400 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 131,800 ha | -29.7% |
| 1983 | 160,200 ha | +21.5% |
| 1984 | 113,700 ha | -29.0% |
| 1985 | 125,400 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 93,900 ha | -25.1% |
| 1987 | 62,200 ha | -33.8% |
| 1988 | 58,500 ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 25,700 ha | -56.1% |
| 1990 | 49,400 ha | +92.2% |
| 1991 | 90,000 ha | +82.2% |
| 1992 | 72,500 ha | -19.4% |
| 1993 | 35,700 ha | -50.8% |
| 1994 | 35,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 48,025 ha | +34.1% |
| 1996 | 44,460 ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 43,120 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 36,755 ha | -14.8% |
| 1999 | 32,250 ha | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 31,650 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 17,680 ha | -44.1% |
| 2002 | 14,730 ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 11,850 ha | -19.6% |
| 2004 | 7,207 ha | -39.2% |
| 2005 | 9,368 ha | +30.0% |
| 2006 | 9,770 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 10,230 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 10,475 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 3,410 ha | -67.4% |
| 2010 | 6,675 ha | +95.7% |
| 2011 | 4,700 ha | -29.6% |
| 2012 | 9,890 ha | +110.4% |
| 2013 | 6,120 ha | -38.1% |
| 2014 | 2,250 ha | -63.2% |
| 2015 | 2,040 ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 4,420 ha | +116.7% |
| 2017 | 2,770 ha | -37.3% |
| 2018 | 1,800 ha | -35.0% |
| 2019 | 2,188 ha | +21.6% |
| 2020 | 3,513 ha | +60.6% |
| 2021 | 6,240 ha | +77.6% |
| 2022 | 5,824 ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 7,254 ha | +24.6% |
| 2024 | 5,682 ha | -21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 171,894 ha | 114,800 ha | 210,050 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,728 ha | 115,800 ha | 255,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 114,100 ha | 25,700 ha | 187,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,801 ha | 32,250 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,637 ha | 3,410 ha | 31,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,285 ha | 1,800 ha | 9,890 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,703 ha | 3,513 ha | 7,254 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in South America?
- Millet — area harvested in South America was 5,682 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 255,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 2018.
- How does South America rank for millet — area harvested?
- South America ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 152.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Area harvested. 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.