Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in South America
South America: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 401,333 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in South America stood at 401,333 ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in South America peaked at 614,419 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 311,384 ha, in 1961.
That places South America 9th out of 28 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 311,384 ha | — |
| 1962 | 315,965 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 348,824 ha | +10.4% |
| 1964 | 340,219 ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 376,239 ha | +10.6% |
| 1966 | 363,690 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 369,983 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 395,693 ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 371,917 ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 369,541 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 363,873 ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 382,110 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 374,540 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 394,962 ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 420,053 ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 449,297 ha | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 471,261 ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 463,945 ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 477,209 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 434,167 ha | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 401,594 ha | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 431,205 ha | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 428,702 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 398,495 ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 372,157 ha | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 375,278 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 395,716 ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 379,082 ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 379,614 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 361,148 ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 395,215 ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 457,526 ha | +15.8% |
| 1993 | 486,358 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 410,477 ha | -15.6% |
| 1995 | 380,059 ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 415,333 ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 446,725 ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 472,691 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 448,081 ha | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 407,935 ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 395,068 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 444,111 ha | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 494,363 ha | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 576,108 ha | +16.5% |
| 2005 | 614,419 ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 605,263 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 563,821 ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 527,707 ha | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 540,265 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 542,373 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 554,935 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 500,432 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 494,691 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 511,178 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 481,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 439,996 ha | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 469,004 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 429,279 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 432,780 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 429,348 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 425,202 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 400,703 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 403,025 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 401,333 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 354,879 ha | 311,384 ha | 395,693 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 416,679 ha | 363,873 ha | 477,209 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 399,601 ha | 372,157 ha | 434,167 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 427,361 ha | 361,148 ha | 486,358 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 516,906 ha | 395,068 ha | 614,419 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 485,587 ha | 429,279 ha | 554,935 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 411,922 ha | 400,703 ha | 429,348 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 Zimbabwe 136,126 ha compare
- 7 Malawi 114,292 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 17,931 ha compare
- 8 USSR 105,000 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,582 ha compare
- 9 Mozambique 69,856 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 54,743 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,578 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 54,603 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 5,735 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,100 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 45,102 ha compare
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- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 7.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 9.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 4.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.23 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in South America?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in South America was 401,333 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 614,419 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 311,384 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- South America ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.