Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in South America
South America: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,311 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in South America, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 1,311 kg/ha for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in South America peaked at 42,363 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 542.9 kg/ha, in 1990.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 42,363 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 41,152 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 29,618 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1980 | 28,811 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 30,500 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 32,952 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 25,482 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1984 | 26,061 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 910.6 kg/ha | -96.5% |
| 1986 | 854.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 614.9 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1988 | 803.7 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1989 | 768.7 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 542.9 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1991 | 1,097 kg/ha | +102.0% |
| 1992 | 1,111 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 1,085 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 1,050 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 1,021 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 986.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 977.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 1,006 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 997 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,022 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 1,006 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 1,027 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 1,026 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 1,018 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,081 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 1,058 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,055 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,072 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,160 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 1,294 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 1,352 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 1,370 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,363 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,379 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1,340 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,342 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,332 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,235 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 1,258 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,346 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 1,362 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,398 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 1,311 kg/ha | -6.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in South America 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 | +102.0% | 542.9 kg/ha | 1,097 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -96.5% | 26,061 kg/ha | 910.6 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +30.7% | 614.9 kg/ha | 803.7 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -29.4% | 768.7 kg/ha | 542.9 kg/ha |
| 1979 | -28.0% | 41,152 kg/ha | 29,618 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -28.0% | 854.5 kg/ha | 614.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37,711 kg/ha | 29,618 kg/ha | 42,363 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 14,776 kg/ha | 614.9 kg/ha | 32,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 987.38 kg/ha | 542.9 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,037 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,081 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,317 kg/ha | 1,160 kg/ha | 1,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,335 kg/ha | 1,258 kg/ha | 1,398 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1,317 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
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — yield in South America?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in South America was 1,311 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 42,363 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 542.9 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does South America rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- South America ranks 7th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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 — 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.