Peppermint, spearmint — Production in South America
South America: Peppermint, spearmint — Production was 6,963 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Peppermint, spearmint — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for peppermint, spearmint — production in South America is 6,963 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peppermint, spearmint — production in South America peaked at 29,020 t in 1966 and was at its lowest, 5,400 t, in 1981.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,461 t | 21,300 t | 29,020 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,833 t | 12,158 t | 23,180 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,400 t | 5,400 t | 11,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,900 t | 7,000 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,080 t | 7,000 t | 7,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,032 t | 6,965 t | 7,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,948 t | 6,933 t | 6,963 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (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 — Production 69.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is peppermint, spearmint — production in South America?
- Peppermint, spearmint — production in South America was 6,963 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peppermint, spearmint — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 29,020 t in 1966.
- What is the lowest peppermint, spearmint — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,400 t in 1981.
- How does South America rank for peppermint, spearmint — production?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peppermint, spearmint — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Peppermint, spearmint — Production. 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.