Papayas — Yield in South America
South America: Papayas — Yield was 28,355 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in South America stood at 28,355 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in South America peaked at 37,304 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 16,213 kg/ha, in 1975.
South America ranks 9th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,510 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,535 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 18,491 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 18,758 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 18,823 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 18,548 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 18,589 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 16,992 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 17,080 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 16,994 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 16,572 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 16,679 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 17,289 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 16,325 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 16,213 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 16,231 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 16,317 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 18,094 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 18,973 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 19,566 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 22,443 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 23,481 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 22,673 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 30,190 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1985 | 29,242 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 31,642 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 26,390 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1988 | 30,927 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1989 | 26,464 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1990 | 25,665 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 26,112 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 26,467 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 27,326 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 26,165 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 24,228 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 22,034 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 24,702 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 25,946 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 26,756 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 26,439 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 30,133 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 31,132 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 32,450 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 32,194 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 32,391 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 35,432 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 37,124 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 37,304 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 36,416 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 36,742 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 36,928 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 33,750 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 33,648 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 32,859 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 32,863 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27,638 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2017 | 27,934 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 27,380 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 28,826 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 29,553 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 29,984 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 28,674 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 27,826 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 28,355 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — Yield in South America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +33.2% | 22,673 kg/ha | 30,190 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,258 kg/ha | 16,992 kg/ha | 18,823 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,969 kg/ha | 16,213 kg/ha | 18,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,302 kg/ha | 19,566 kg/ha | 31,642 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,540 kg/ha | 22,034 kg/ha | 27,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,102 kg/ha | 26,439 kg/ha | 37,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,857 kg/ha | 27,380 kg/ha | 36,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,878 kg/ha | 27,826 kg/ha | 29,984 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 Belize 60,828 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,958 kg/ha compare
- 7 Mexico 55,992 kg/ha compare
- 8 Costa Rica 54,003 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, Taiwan Province of 48,700 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 15,000 kg/ha compare
- 10 Morocco 45,000 kg/ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 14,093 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 41,520 kg/ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 11,247 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,550 kg/ha compare
- 12 Thailand 39,885 kg/ha compare
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — yield in South America?
- Papayas — yield in South America was 28,355 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 37,304 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,213 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does South America rank for papayas — yield?
- South America ranks 9th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. 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 Papayas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.