Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Americas
Americas: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,485 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Americas, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 1,485 kg/ha for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Americas peaked at 55,398 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 729.4 kg/ha, in 1987.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 55,398 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 53,786 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 39,775 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1980 | 3,496 kg/ha | -91.2% |
| 1981 | 2,456 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1982 | 2,698 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 3,666 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1984 | 3,618 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 906.8 kg/ha | -74.9% |
| 1986 | 892.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 729.4 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1988 | 923.3 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1989 | 1,054 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 852.3 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1991 | 1,245 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1992 | 1,308 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 1,345 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 1,324 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 1,136 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1996 | 1,115 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1,097 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 1,112 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,092 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 1,097 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,233 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 1,262 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1,313 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 1,447 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 1,440 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,638 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 1,564 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,597 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1,938 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2010 | 1,984 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 2,096 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 2,161 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 2,173 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,279 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 2,231 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 2,126 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 1,666 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2018 | 1,357 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 1,299 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,318 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,413 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 1,474 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 1,520 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 1,485 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -91.2% | 39,775 kg/ha | 3,496 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -74.9% | 3,618 kg/ha | 906.8 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +46.1% | 852.3 kg/ha | 1,245 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49,653 kg/ha | 39,775 kg/ha | 55,398 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 2,044 kg/ha | 729.4 kg/ha | 3,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,163 kg/ha | 852.3 kg/ha | 1,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,453 kg/ha | 1,097 kg/ha | 1,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,937 kg/ha | 1,299 kg/ha | 2,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,318 kg/ha | 1,520 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,179 kg/ha compare
- 1 Mexico 3,256 kg/ha compare
- 2 India 2,281 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,806 kg/ha compare
- 3 Cambodia 1,649 kg/ha compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,642 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,782 kg/ha compare
- 4 Philippines 1,644 kg/ha compare
- 5 Gabon 1,578 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 1,525 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Americas?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Americas was 1,485 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 55,398 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 729.4 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Americas rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.