Tomatoes — Yield in South America
South America: Tomatoes — Yield was 62,811 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — yield in South America is 62,811 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in South America peaked at 62,811 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,572 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places South America 10th 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.
Tomatoes — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,572 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,371 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 14,579 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 15,722 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 15,494 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 16,360 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 16,320 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 16,004 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 15,949 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 16,047 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 15,972 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 17,184 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 17,086 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 19,234 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1975 | 19,406 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 20,076 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 20,352 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 21,268 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 21,655 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 23,053 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 23,135 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 24,420 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 23,964 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 26,227 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 26,163 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 26,480 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 27,700 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 29,391 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 27,572 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 29,142 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 29,830 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 29,954 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 31,176 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 35,186 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 37,050 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 34,222 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1997 | 35,728 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 35,894 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 39,617 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 40,780 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 41,872 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 45,690 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 46,387 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 46,242 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 45,913 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 45,321 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 46,596 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 48,315 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 50,067 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 48,495 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 50,315 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 50,095 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 54,277 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 55,542 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 54,650 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 53,586 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 58,432 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 60,980 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 61,305 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 58,934 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 59,924 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 59,728 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 60,711 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 62,811 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,597 kg/ha | 14,572 kg/ha | 16,360 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,828 kg/ha | 15,972 kg/ha | 21,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,810 kg/ha | 23,053 kg/ha | 29,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,780 kg/ha | 29,142 kg/ha | 39,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,718 kg/ha | 40,780 kg/ha | 50,067 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,768 kg/ha | 48,495 kg/ha | 61,305 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,422 kg/ha | 58,934 kg/ha | 62,811 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Denmark 335,667 kg/ha compare
- 8 Ireland 333,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 324,878 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15,764 kg/ha compare
- 10 Sweden 322,400 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 13,255 kg/ha compare
- 11 Austria 290,500 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 12,158 kg/ha compare
- 12 Germany 277,000 kg/ha compare
- 13 Czechia 232,667 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 8,430 kg/ha compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate 6.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate 7.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.8106 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — yield in South America?
- Tomatoes — yield in South America was 62,811 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 62,811 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,572 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for tomatoes — yield?
- South America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.