Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in South America
South America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 47.47 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in South America stood at 47.47 million t.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in South America peaked at 51.88 million t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 30.40 million t, in 1961.
South America ranks 15th of 29 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30.40 million t | — |
| 1962 | 31.84 million t | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 34.50 million t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 37.83 million t | +9.7% |
| 1965 | 39.72 million t | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 38.73 million t | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 42.51 million t | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 44.46 million t | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 46.39 million t | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 46.45 million t | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 47.59 million t | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 45.84 million t | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 42.14 million t | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 42.04 million t | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 42.52 million t | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 41.95 million t | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 42.72 million t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 42.53 million t | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 41.80 million t | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 40.24 million t | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 42.88 million t | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 42.13 million t | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 38.36 million t | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 40.10 million t | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 41.29 million t | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 43.43 million t | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 42.81 million t | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 42.92 million t | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 43.85 million t | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 42.98 million t | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 42.31 million t | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 39.40 million t | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 40.92 million t | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 44.43 million t | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 46.72 million t | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 38.33 million t | -17.9% |
| 1997 | 42.15 million t | +9.9% |
| 1998 | 42.44 million t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 44.10 million t | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 43.87 million t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 45.22 million t | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 46.85 million t | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 45.94 million t | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 48.53 million t | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 49.71 million t | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 51.52 million t | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 51.88 million t | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 49.36 million t | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 47.90 million t | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 48.54 million t | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 49.77 million t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 46.43 million t | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 46.80 million t | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 49.03 million t | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 49.57 million t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 49.26 million t | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 45.59 million t | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 44.60 million t | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 45.01 million t | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 46.00 million t | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 46.04 million t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 44.26 million t | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 44.63 million t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 47.47 million t | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.49 million t | 30.40 million t | 46.39 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 43.56 million t | 41.80 million t | 47.59 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.80 million t | 38.36 million t | 43.85 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 42.38 million t | 38.33 million t | 46.72 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.08 million t | 43.87 million t | 51.88 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.46 million t | 44.60 million t | 49.77 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.68 million t | 44.26 million t | 47.47 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in South America?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in South America was 47.47 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 51.88 million t in 2007.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.40 million t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- South America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.