Sugar beet — Area harvested in South America
South America: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 12,089 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 12,089 ha for sugar beet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 44.4% on the previous year and down 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in South America peaked at 91,976 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 8,372 ha, in 2023.
That places South America 20th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,542 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,696 ha | +61.4% |
| 1963 | 28,681 ha | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 32,121 ha | +12.0% |
| 1965 | 34,054 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 36,290 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 42,936 ha | +18.3% |
| 1968 | 46,063 ha | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 45,764 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 51,870 ha | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 49,432 ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 47,541 ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 38,338 ha | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 41,804 ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 65,054 ha | +55.6% |
| 1976 | 91,976 ha | +41.4% |
| 1977 | 76,477 ha | -16.9% |
| 1978 | 39,832 ha | -47.9% |
| 1979 | 32,003 ha | -19.7% |
| 1980 | 24,967 ha | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 47,251 ha | +89.3% |
| 1982 | 32,730 ha | -30.7% |
| 1983 | 48,825 ha | +49.2% |
| 1984 | 58,181 ha | +19.2% |
| 1985 | 52,192 ha | -10.3% |
| 1986 | 60,979 ha | +16.8% |
| 1987 | 62,968 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 55,290 ha | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 55,772 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 47,558 ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 42,798 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 57,780 ha | +35.0% |
| 1993 | 54,313 ha | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 54,205 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 54,483 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 51,319 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 44,328 ha | -13.6% |
| 1998 | 53,828 ha | +21.4% |
| 1999 | 51,832 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 50,587 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 48,604 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 50,199 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 29,628 ha | -41.0% |
| 2004 | 31,591 ha | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 33,793 ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 30,157 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 23,202 ha | -23.1% |
| 2008 | 17,858 ha | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 15,481 ha | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 18,766 ha | +21.2% |
| 2011 | 22,899 ha | +22.0% |
| 2012 | 22,537 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 21,101 ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 21,352 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 24,818 ha | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 20,170 ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 19,520 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 24,767 ha | +26.9% |
| 2019 | 15,918 ha | -35.7% |
| 2020 | 14,914 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 10,145 ha | -32.0% |
| 2022 | 9,417 ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 8,372 ha | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 12,089 ha | +44.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,350 ha | 16,542 ha | 46,063 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 53,433 ha | 32,003 ha | 91,976 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,916 ha | 24,967 ha | 62,968 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,244 ha | 42,798 ha | 57,780 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,110 ha | 15,481 ha | 50,587 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,185 ha | 15,918 ha | 24,818 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,987 ha | 8,372 ha | 14,914 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 330,901 ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.51 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 10,891 kg/ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 138,942 ha (2024)
- Oranges — Production 19.24 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 58,599 t (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.51 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in South America?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in South America was 12,089 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 91,976 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,372 ha in 2023.
- How does South America rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- South America ranks 20th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.4%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.