Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Sisal, raw — Area harvested was 98,063 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 98,063 ha for sisal, raw — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 345,279 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 84,861 ha, in 2017.
Brazil ranks 1st of 24 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 197,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 209,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 242,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1964 | 289,000 ha | +19.4% |
| 1965 | 326,000 ha | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 320,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 310,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 310,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 310,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 310,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 272,656 ha | -12.0% |
| 1972 | 295,565 ha | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 248,349 ha | -16.0% |
| 1974 | 263,704 ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 326,982 ha | +24.0% |
| 1976 | 280,715 ha | -14.1% |
| 1977 | 295,776 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 269,636 ha | -8.8% |
| 1979 | 287,886 ha | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 296,081 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 312,546 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 345,279 ha | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 306,661 ha | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 320,350 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 332,605 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 322,311 ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 296,181 ha | -8.1% |
| 1988 | 273,495 ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 270,757 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 249,109 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 300,263 ha | +20.5% |
| 1992 | 264,201 ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 179,105 ha | -32.2% |
| 1994 | 164,793 ha | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 152,040 ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 136,469 ha | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 152,923 ha | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 161,277 ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 182,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 194,514 ha | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 204,233 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 202,805 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 221,638 ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 233,224 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 240,019 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 279,584 ha | +16.5% |
| 2007 | 278,027 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 282,452 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 273,277 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 264,016 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 285,724 ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 248,683 ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 176,739 ha | -28.9% |
| 2014 | 156,536 ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 197,748 ha | +26.3% |
| 2016 | 199,104 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 84,861 ha | -57.4% |
| 2018 | 95,406 ha | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 99,157 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 99,015 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 100,280 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 100,632 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 103,609 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 98,063 ha | -5.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 98,063 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,524 ha, 64.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 98,063 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,437 ha, 22.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -57.4% | 199,104 ha | 84,861 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 279,222 ha | 197,000 ha | 326,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 285,127 ha | 248,349 ha | 326,982 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 307,627 ha | 270,757 ha | 345,279 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 194,288 ha | 136,469 ha | 300,263 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 240,977 ha | 194,514 ha | 282,452 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 180,797 ha | 84,861 ha | 285,724 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,320 ha | 98,063 ha | 103,609 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 2 Kenya 33,058 ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 81,035 ha compare
- 3 Haiti 22,075 ha compare
- 4 Madagascar 13,899 ha compare
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 sisal, raw — area harvested in Brazil?
- Sisal, raw — area harvested in Brazil was 98,063 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 345,279 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 84,861 ha in 2017.
- How does Brazil rank for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 1st out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sisal, raw — 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.