Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,317 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Brazil, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Brazil stood at 1,317 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Brazil peaked at 1,423 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 409.2 kg/ha, in 1990.
Brazil ranks 9th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 807.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 752.1 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 531.8 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1988 | 658.3 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1989 | 613.1 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 409.2 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 1,027 kg/ha | +151.0% |
| 1992 | 1,010 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 991.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 959.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 924.5 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 905.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 898.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 942.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 933.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 934 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 927.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 940.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 905.4 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 928.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 922.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 986.3 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 970.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 967.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 985.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 1,072 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 1,219 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 1,285 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 1,327 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1,313 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,330 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,294 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,311 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 1,368 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 1,380 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,360 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,380 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,423 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 1,317 kg/ha | -7.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 1,317 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,317 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 1,317 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,330 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +151.0% | 409.2 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -33.3% | 613.1 kg/ha | 409.2 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -29.3% | 752.1 kg/ha | 531.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 672.54 kg/ha | 531.8 kg/ha | 807.4 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 900.22 kg/ha | 409.2 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 946.79 kg/ha | 905.4 kg/ha | 986.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,281 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 1,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,372 kg/ha | 1,317 kg/ha | 1,423 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 6 Ecuador 1,525 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 228.4 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guinea 1,277 kg/ha compare
- 10 Caribbean 1,176 kg/ha compare
- 11 Central African Republic 1,265 kg/ha compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 1,200 kg/ha compare
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 natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Brazil?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Brazil was 1,317 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 1,423 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 409.2 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Brazil rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Brazil ranks 9th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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, 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.