Swine / pigs — Stocks in South America
South America: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 75.21 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Stocks in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for swine / pigs — stocks in South America is 75.21 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in South America peaked at 75.21 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37.99 million An, in 1962.
That places South America 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Stocks in South America, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38.35 million An | — |
| 1962 | 37.99 million An | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 38.88 million An | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 39.99 million An | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 40.92 million An | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 41.88 million An | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 42.70 million An | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 42.57 million An | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 43.97 million An | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 45.21 million An | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 46.67 million An | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 47.08 million An | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 48.82 million An | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 49.76 million An | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 51.36 million An | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 51.78 million An | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 50.91 million An | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 50.30 million An | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 52.98 million An | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 52.01 million An | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 50.33 million An | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 51.67 million An | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 50.59 million An | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 51.44 million An | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 50.42 million An | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 51.01 million An | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 51.03 million An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 51.47 million An | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 51.78 million An | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 51.27 million An | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 52.34 million An | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 53.12 million An | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 53.44 million An | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 55.44 million An | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 55.43 million An | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 48.53 million An | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 48.99 million An | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 49.23 million An | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 47.92 million An | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 48.17 million An | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 49.91 million An | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 48.95 million An | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 49.15 million An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 49.98 million An | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 51.68 million An | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 55.07 million An | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 56.74 million An | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 57.82 million An | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 59.44 million An | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 62.24 million An | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 63.59 million An | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 63.46 million An | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 62.30 million An | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 64.17 million An | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 66.27 million An | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 65.11 million An | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 66.37 million An | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 66.67 million An | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 67.02 million An | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 67.54 million An | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 72.43 million An | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 74.00 million An | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 74.14 million An | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 75.21 million An | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40.80 million An | 37.99 million An | 43.97 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 49.49 million An | 45.21 million An | 52.98 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.18 million An | 50.33 million An | 52.01 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.57 million An | 47.92 million An | 55.44 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.69 million An | 48.17 million An | 59.44 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.72 million An | 62.24 million An | 67.02 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.67 million An | 67.54 million An | 75.21 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — stocks in South America?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in South America was 75.21 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 75.21 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.99 million An in 1962.
- How does South America rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- South America ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. 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 Swine / pigs — Stocks. 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.