Papayas — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Papayas — Area harvested was 27,681 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 27,681 ha for papayas — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 40,202 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3,900 ha, in 1961.
That places Brazil 3rd out of 64 countries 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.
Papayas — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 4,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 4,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 4,399 ha | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 5,023 ha | +14.2% |
| 1975 | 5,612 ha | +11.7% |
| 1976 | 6,308 ha | +12.4% |
| 1977 | 7,992 ha | +26.7% |
| 1978 | 9,162 ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 10,390 ha | +13.4% |
| 1980 | 11,953 ha | +15.0% |
| 1981 | 9,100 ha | -23.9% |
| 1982 | 8,228 ha | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 9,277 ha | +12.7% |
| 1984 | 13,409 ha | +44.5% |
| 1985 | 14,953 ha | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 22,396 ha | +49.8% |
| 1987 | 19,301 ha | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 23,626 ha | +22.4% |
| 1989 | 16,875 ha | -28.6% |
| 1990 | 16,012 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 18,495 ha | +15.5% |
| 1992 | 20,958 ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 26,322 ha | +25.6% |
| 1994 | 29,078 ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 32,926 ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 33,243 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 39,323 ha | +18.3% |
| 1998 | 39,733 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 38,890 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 40,202 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 35,299 ha | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 35,626 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 36,244 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 34,445 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 32,559 ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 36,650 ha | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 34,779 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 36,585 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 34,213 ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 34,417 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 35,531 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 31,310 ha | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 31,989 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 32,031 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 30,545 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 35,157 ha | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 26,675 ha | -24.1% |
| 2018 | 27,402 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 28,058 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 28,451 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 28,593 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 27,210 ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 26,896 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 27,681 ha | +2.9% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 27,681 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,332 ha, 11.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 27,681 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 580.5 ha, 47.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,244 ha | 3,900 ha | 4,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,339 ha | 4,399 ha | 10,390 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,912 ha | 8,228 ha | 23,626 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,498 ha | 16,012 ha | 39,733 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,660 ha | 32,559 ha | 40,202 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,312 ha | 26,675 ha | 35,531 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,766 ha | 26,896 ha | 28,593 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 papayas — area harvested in Brazil?
- Papayas — area harvested in Brazil was 27,681 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 40,202 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. 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 Papayas — 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.