Spinach — Area harvested in South America
South America: Spinach — Area harvested was 3,639 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in South America is 3,639 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 20.4% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in South America peaked at 4,716 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 350 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 13th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 415 ha | 350 ha | 545 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 832 ha | 635 ha | 1,120 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,071 ha | 858 ha | 1,280 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,515 ha | 1,201 ha | 1,768 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,873 ha | 1,211 ha | 2,435 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,282 ha | 2,398 ha | 4,716 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,144 ha | 2,823 ha | 3,639 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 524,052 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in South America?
- Spinach — area harvested in South America was 3,639 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 4,716 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for spinach — area harvested?
- South America ranks 13th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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 Spinach — 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.