Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in South America
South America: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 77.07 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in South America is 77.07 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in South America peaked at 77.07 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.99 million ha, in 1961.
That places South America 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.99 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.94 million ha | +13.5% |
| 1963 | 7.66 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 7.80 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 8.26 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 8.08 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 9.67 million ha | +19.7% |
| 1968 | 9.33 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 10.31 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 11.15 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 11.69 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 11.63 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 13.32 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1974 | 14.26 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 14.92 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 15.10 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 17.03 million ha | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 19.51 million ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 19.66 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 21.17 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 19.02 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 19.50 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 18.93 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 21.51 million ha | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 23.80 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 23.06 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 20.60 million ha | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 24.18 million ha | +17.4% |
| 1989 | 25.34 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 26.09 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 23.07 million ha | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 23.14 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 22.25 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 24.37 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 25.93 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 24.96 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 26.15 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 29.36 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 30.84 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 31.11 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 32.00 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 35.02 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 38.54 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 44.58 million ha | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 46.55 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 46.57 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 46.73 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 47.86 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 48.41 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 51.57 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 54.18 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 54.26 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 58.43 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 61.49 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 63.71 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 64.12 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 62.88 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 63.14 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 65.27 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 66.24 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 68.04 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 70.47 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 73.96 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 77.07 million ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.45 million ha | 6.99 million ha | 10.31 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.83 million ha | 11.15 million ha | 19.66 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.71 million ha | 18.93 million ha | 25.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.62 million ha | 22.25 million ha | 30.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.74 million ha | 31.11 million ha | 48.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.90 million ha | 51.57 million ha | 65.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.15 million ha | 66.24 million ha | 77.07 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in South America?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in South America was 77.07 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 77.07 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.99 million ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.3%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.