Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Brazil

Brazil: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 49.56 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
49.56 million ha
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
1st
of 186 countries
All-time high
49.56 million ha
in 2024
All-time low
3.18 million ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Brazil is 49.56 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 53.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 49.56 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.18 million ha, in 1961.

Brazil ranks 1st of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 3.18 million ha
1962 3.51 million ha +10.5%
1963 3.53 million ha +0.4%
1964 3.71 million ha +5.3%
1965 3.95 million ha +6.5%
1966 4.01 million ha +1.4%
1967 5.73 million ha +42.9%
1968 5.90 million ha +3.0%
1969 6.38 million ha +8.1%
1970 6.93 million ha +8.8%
1971 7.53 million ha +8.6%
1972 7.78 million ha +3.3%
1973 9.16 million ha +17.6%
1974 9.98 million ha +9.0%
1975 10.63 million ha +6.4%
1976 10.64 million ha +0.1%
1977 11.83 million ha +11.2%
1978 12.52 million ha +5.8%
1979 12.78 million ha +2.1%
1980 13.45 million ha +5.3%
1981 12.96 million ha -3.7%
1982 12.78 million ha -1.3%
1983 11.77 million ha -7.9%
1984 13.35 million ha +13.4%
1985 14.69 million ha +10.0%
1986 13.21 million ha -10.0%
1987 11.76 million ha -11.0%
1988 13.73 million ha +16.7%
1989 14.97 million ha +9.0%
1990 14.09 million ha -5.8%
1991 12.16 million ha -13.7%
1992 12.01 million ha -1.3%
1993 12.31 million ha +2.4%
1994 13.27 million ha +7.9%
1995 13.40 million ha +1.0%
1996 11.62 million ha -13.3%
1997 12.74 million ha +9.7%
1998 14.70 million ha +15.3%
1999 14.38 million ha -2.1%
2000 15.25 million ha +6.0%
2001 15.62 million ha +2.4%
2002 17.82 million ha +14.1%
2003 19.96 million ha +12.0%
2004 23.47 million ha +17.6%
2005 25.12 million ha +7.0%
2006 23.75 million ha -5.4%
2007 22.50 million ha -5.3%
2008 23.16 million ha +3.0%
2009 23.35 million ha +0.8%
2010 24.95 million ha +6.8%
2011 26.21 million ha +5.1%
2012 27.08 million ha +3.3%
2013 29.53 million ha +9.0%
2014 32.20 million ha +9.0%
2015 34.05 million ha +5.8%
2016 34.92 million ha +2.6%
2017 35.59 million ha +1.9%
2018 36.70 million ha +3.1%
2019 38.43 million ha +4.7%
2020 39.70 million ha +3.3%
2021 41.41 million ha +4.3%
2022 43.88 million ha +6.0%
2023 47.69 million ha +8.7%
2024 49.56 million ha +3.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4.43 million ha 3.18 million ha 6.38 million ha 9
1970s 9.98 million ha 6.93 million ha 12.78 million ha 10
1980s 13.27 million ha 11.76 million ha 14.97 million ha 10
1990s 13.07 million ha 11.62 million ha 14.70 million ha 10
2000s 21.00 million ha 15.25 million ha 25.12 million ha 10
2010s 31.97 million ha 24.95 million ha 38.43 million ha 10
2020s 44.45 million ha 39.70 million ha 49.56 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 2 India 44.26 million ha compare
  2. 3 China 28.18 million ha compare
  3. 4 China, mainland 28.13 million ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Brazil?
Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Brazil was 49.56 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 49.56 million ha in 2024.
What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 3.18 million ha in 1961.
How does Brazil rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Brazil ranks 1st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 53.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,169 data points, 1961–2024
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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.