Quinces — Area harvested in South America
South America: Quinces — Area harvested was 4,570 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Quinces — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 4,570 ha for quinces — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — area harvested in South America peaked at 11,900 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 4,406 ha, in 2014.
South America ranks 11th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Quinces — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,700 ha | -26.0% |
| 1963 | 7,700 ha | +35.1% |
| 1964 | 11,900 ha | +54.5% |
| 1965 | 9,811 ha | -17.6% |
| 1966 | 10,054 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 10,140 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 9,955 ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 9,523 ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 9,445 ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 6,909 ha | -26.9% |
| 1972 | 7,118 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 4,613 ha | -35.2% |
| 1974 | 5,280 ha | +14.5% |
| 1975 | 5,348 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 5,260 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 5,058 ha | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 5,381 ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 5,395 ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 5,227 ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 4,689 ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 4,829 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 4,766 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 4,652 ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 8,456 ha | +81.8% |
| 1986 | 8,262 ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 7,926 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 7,629 ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 7,557 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 6,747 ha | -10.7% |
| 1991 | 6,839 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 6,826 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 6,874 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 6,597 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 5,769 ha | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 5,144 ha | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 5,164 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 4,983 ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 4,990 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,137 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 5,070 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 5,194 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 5,108 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 5,012 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 4,899 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 4,802 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 4,837 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 4,779 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 4,815 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 4,760 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 4,673 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 4,625 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 4,598 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,406 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 4,547 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 4,799 ha | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 4,822 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 4,586 ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 4,758 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 4,760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4,513 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 4,498 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,539 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 4,570 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,165 ha | 5,700 ha | 11,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,981 ha | 4,613 ha | 9,445 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,399 ha | 4,652 ha | 8,456 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,993 ha | 4,983 ha | 6,874 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,965 ha | 4,779 ha | 5,194 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,657 ha | 4,406 ha | 4,822 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,576 ha | 4,498 ha | 4,760 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is quinces — area harvested in South America?
- Quinces — area harvested in South America was 4,570 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 11,900 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest quinces — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,406 ha in 2014.
- How does South America rank for quinces — area harvested?
- South America ranks 11th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is quinces — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Quinces — 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.