Tomatoes — Area harvested in South America

South America: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 132,585 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
132,585 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
165,149 ha
in 1996
All-time low
75,344 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Tomatoes — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024

050.0k100.0k150.0k196119922024

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 14 Indonesia 58,995 ha compare
  2. 15 Ukraine 56,200 ha compare
  3. 16 Guinea 56,163 ha compare
  4. 17 Spain 55,480 ha compare
  5. 18 Mozambique 52,360 ha compare
  6. 19 Ghana 48,262 ha compare
  7. 20 Sudan 47,362 ha compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

More agriculture & rural data for South America

All data for South America →

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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Tomatoes — Area harvested in South America. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/tomatoes-area-harvested/south-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/tomatoes-area-harvested/south-america/">Tomatoes — Area harvested in South America</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Tomatoes — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 11,672 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.