Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America

South America: Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell was 5,337 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
5,337 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
24th
of 27 groups
All-time high
5,355 ha
in 2022
All-time low
72 ha
in 1968
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America, 1961–2024

02.0k4.0k6.0k196119922024

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

Analysis

South America recorded 5,337 ha for other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in 2024.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America peaked at 5,355 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 72 ha, in 1968.

South America ranks 24th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America, year by year

Annual values for Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. — Area harvested in South America, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 150 ha
1962 220 ha +46.7%
1963 300 ha +36.4%
1964 300 ha +0.0%
1965 180 ha -40.0%
1966 100 ha -44.4%
1967 100 ha +0.0%
1968 72 ha -28.0%
1969 78 ha +8.3%
1970 91 ha +16.7%
1971 180 ha +97.8%
1972 201 ha +11.7%
1973 275 ha +36.8%
1974 299 ha +8.7%
1975 302 ha +1.0%
1976 300 ha -0.7%
1977 325 ha +8.3%
1978 375 ha +15.4%
1979 445 ha +18.7%
1980 420 ha -5.6%
1981 490 ha +16.7%
1982 535 ha +9.2%
1983 537 ha +0.4%
1984 535 ha -0.4%
1985 454 ha -15.1%
1986 425 ha -6.4%
1987 415 ha -2.4%
1988 435 ha +4.8%
1989 464 ha +6.7%
1990 1,664 ha +258.6%
1991 1,615 ha -2.9%
1992 1,734 ha +7.4%
1993 2,225 ha +28.3%
1994 3,053 ha +37.2%
1995 2,847 ha -6.7%
1996 2,921 ha +2.6%
1997 3,039 ha +4.0%
1998 3,053 ha +0.5%
1999 3,469 ha +13.6%
2000 3,772 ha +8.7%
2001 3,953 ha +4.8%
2002 3,829 ha -3.1%
2003 4,235 ha +10.6%
2004 4,347 ha +2.6%
2005 4,572 ha +5.2%
2006 4,527 ha -1.0%
2007 4,497 ha -0.7%
2008 4,456 ha -0.9%
2009 4,568 ha +2.5%
2010 4,721 ha +3.3%
2011 4,819 ha +2.1%
2012 4,797 ha -0.5%
2013 4,891 ha +2.0%
2014 4,941 ha +1.0%
2015 5,072 ha +2.7%
2016 5,016 ha -1.1%
2017 4,843 ha -3.4%
2018 4,948 ha +2.2%
2019 5,077 ha +2.6%
2020 5,066 ha -0.2%
2021 5,220 ha +3.0%
2022 5,355 ha +2.6%
2023 5,344 ha -0.2%
2024 5,337 ha -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 166.67 ha 72 ha 300 ha 9
1970s 279.3 ha 91 ha 445 ha 10
1980s 471 ha 415 ha 537 ha 10
1990s 2,562 ha 1,615 ha 3,469 ha 10
2000s 4,276 ha 3,772 ha 4,572 ha 10
2010s 4,912 ha 4,721 ha 5,077 ha 10
2020s 5,264 ha 5,066 ha 5,355 ha 5

Countries ranked near South America

  1. 21 Benin 5,525 ha compare
  2. 22 Malawi 5,035 ha compare
  3. 23 Afghanistan 4,546 ha compare
  4. 24 Azerbaijan 4,476 ha compare
  5. 25 Kenya 4,309 ha compare
  6. 26 Brazil 4,118 ha compare
  7. 27 Pakistan 4,085 ha compare

See the full ranking of 116 places →

More agriculture & rural data for South America

All data for South America →

Frequently asked questions

What is other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America?
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America was 5,337 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in South America?
The highest recorded value was 5,355 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 72 ha in 1968.
How does South America rank for other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell?
South America ranks 24th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
Is other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell rising or falling in South America?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/other-nuts-excluding-wild-edible-nuts-and-groundnuts-in-shell-n-e-c-area-harvested/south-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/other-nuts-excluding-wild-edible-nuts-and-groundnuts-in-shell-n-e-c-area-harvested/south-america/">Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in South America</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
116 places, 4,998 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.