Oranges — Area harvested in South America
South America: Oranges — Area harvested was 769,297 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 769,297 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in South America peaked at 1.23 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 169,870 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 2nd of 35 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212,304 ha | 169,870 ha | 255,330 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 448,031 ha | 277,935 ha | 573,754 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 841,459 ha | 734,127 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.12 million ha | 975,878 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.02 million ha | 978,597 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 872,642 ha | 770,345 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 776,831 ha | 758,108 ha | 792,479 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Brazil 564,968 ha compare
- 2 China (People’s Republic of) 407,490 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 402,913 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 341,217 ha compare
- 5 India 240,170 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,346 kg/An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 68.28 million An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 16.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in South America?
- Oranges — area harvested in South America was 769,297 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 169,870 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for oranges — area harvested?
- South America ranks 2nd out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.