Oranges — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Oranges — Area harvested was 564,968 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 564,968 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 1.03 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 118,750 ha, in 1961.
That places Brazil 1st out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 118,750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 125,823 ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 138,737 ha | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 143,793 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 150,257 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 165,361 ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 166,660 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 173,170 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 183,057 ha | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 202,037 ha | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 215,750 ha | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 237,193 ha | +9.9% |
| 1973 | 449,276 ha | +89.4% |
| 1974 | 349,591 ha | -22.2% |
| 1975 | 403,192 ha | +15.3% |
| 1976 | 423,947 ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 421,707 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 454,503 ha | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 475,008 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 575,249 ha | +21.1% |
| 1981 | 575,611 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 589,967 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 624,367 ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 632,122 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 663,063 ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 702,417 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 721,213 ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 800,305 ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 880,356 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 912,996 ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 983,407 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 988,704 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 800,505 ha | -19.0% |
| 1994 | 897,985 ha | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 856,419 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 964,373 ha | +12.6% |
| 1997 | 985,521 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 1.02 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 1.03 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 856,422 ha | -16.6% |
| 2001 | 824,693 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 828,843 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 836,041 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 823,220 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 805,665 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 805,903 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 821,244 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 836,602 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 787,250 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 792,753 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 817,292 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 729,583 ha | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 702,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 680,324 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 678,807 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 642,210 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 632,939 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 589,329 ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 589,764 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 572,567 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 578,153 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 568,296 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 575,685 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 564,968 ha | -1.9% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 564,968 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 147.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 564,968 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,627 ha, 85.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +89.4% | 237,193 ha | 449,276 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 151,734 ha | 118,750 ha | 183,057 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 363,220 ha | 202,037 ha | 475,008 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 676,467 ha | 575,249 ha | 880,356 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 943,557 ha | 800,505 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 822,588 ha | 787,250 ha | 856,422 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 685,520 ha | 589,329 ha | 817,292 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 571,934 ha | 564,968 ha | 578,153 ha | 5 |
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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 oranges — area harvested in Brazil?
- Oranges — area harvested in Brazil was 564,968 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 118,750 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 1st out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. 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 Oranges — 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.