Tomatoes — Area harvested in South America
South America: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 132,585 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — area harvested in South America stood at 132,585 ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in South America peaked at 165,149 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 75,344 ha, in 1961.
That places South America 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93,133 ha | 75,344 ha | 108,516 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 124,598 ha | 110,129 ha | 143,448 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 137,455 ha | 121,106 ha | 156,106 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 156,430 ha | 150,089 ha | 165,149 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 141,491 ha | 134,644 ha | 146,828 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,702 ha | 118,735 ha | 143,743 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 126,932 ha | 121,675 ha | 132,585 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 524,052 1000 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 5.56 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in South America?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in South America was 132,585 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 165,149 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,344 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- South America ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.