Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in South America
South America: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 229,121 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in South America is 229,121 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in South America peaked at 229,121 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 650 ha | — |
| 1978 | 710 ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 1,019 ha | +43.5% |
| 1980 | 1,150 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 1,175 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,620 ha | +37.9% |
| 1984 | 1,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 51,806 ha | +3039.8% |
| 1986 | 52,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 51,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 50,980 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 51,810 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 61,702 ha | +19.1% |
| 1991 | 52,901 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 39,026 ha | -26.2% |
| 1993 | 47,538 ha | +21.8% |
| 1994 | 53,843 ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 55,190 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 69,449 ha | +25.8% |
| 1997 | 74,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 78,469 ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 83,589 ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 101,276 ha | +21.2% |
| 2001 | 102,977 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 112,666 ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 114,682 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 119,861 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 126,387 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 121,031 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 129,825 ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 140,508 ha | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 145,473 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 141,678 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 153,673 ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 157,345 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 163,029 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 168,773 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 166,460 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 169,320 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 169,588 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 174,323 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 205,118 ha | +17.7% |
| 2020 | 209,032 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 209,425 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 215,550 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 228,762 ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 229,121 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 237.9 ha | 0 ha | 1,019 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,457 ha | 1,150 ha | 52,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,651 ha | 39,026 ha | 83,589 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,469 ha | 101,276 ha | 145,473 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,931 ha | 141,678 ha | 205,118 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,378 ha | 209,032 ha | 229,121 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in South America?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in South America was 229,121 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 229,121 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- South America ranks 11th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.