Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in South America

South America: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 747,608 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
747,608 t
Change on year
down 7.4%
Rank
7th
of 28 groups
All-time high
1.15 million t
in 2004
All-time low
274,889 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in South America, 1961–2024

200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

South America recorded 747,608 t for unmanufactured tobacco — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in South America peaked at 1.15 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 274,889 t, in 1961.

That places South America 7th out of 28 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.

Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in South America, year by year

Annual values for Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in South America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 274,889 t
1962 309,254 t +12.5%
1963 348,042 t +12.5%
1964 333,655 t -4.1%
1965 380,510 t +14.0%
1966 350,266 t -7.9%
1967 386,287 t +10.3%
1968 413,470 t +7.0%
1969 393,297 t -4.9%
1970 396,822 t +0.9%
1971 389,725 t -1.8%
1972 422,265 t +8.3%
1973 397,027 t -6.0%
1974 499,009 t +25.7%
1975 504,297 t +1.1%
1976 534,626 t +6.0%
1977 578,185 t +8.1%
1978 574,283 t -0.7%
1979 614,722 t +7.0%
1980 569,861 t -7.3%
1981 510,661 t -10.4%
1982 582,767 t +14.1%
1983 561,142 t -3.7%
1984 583,109 t +3.9%
1985 555,450 t -4.7%
1986 531,214 t -4.4%
1987 548,522 t +3.3%
1988 578,367 t +5.4%
1989 595,068 t +2.9%
1990 591,401 t -0.6%
1991 590,065 t -0.2%
1992 762,741 t +29.3%
1993 856,751 t +12.3%
1994 680,452 t -20.6%
1995 605,957 t -10.9%
1996 653,301 t +7.8%
1997 798,382 t +22.2%
1998 703,605 t -11.9%
1999 820,610 t +16.6%
2000 766,959 t -6.5%
2001 739,456 t -3.6%
2002 873,480 t +18.1%
2003 848,987 t -2.8%
2004 1.15 million t +36.0%
2005 1.13 million t -2.3%
2006 1.11 million t -1.9%
2007 1.10 million t -1.0%
2008 1.03 million t -6.0%
2009 1.04 million t +0.8%
2010 963,506 t -7.2%
2011 1.14 million t +18.0%
2012 977,667 t -14.0%
2013 1.02 million t +4.0%
2014 1.05 million t +3.2%
2015 1.02 million t -3.0%
2016 810,294 t -20.3%
2017 1.02 million t +26.3%
2018 898,110 t -12.2%
2019 914,701 t +1.8%
2020 844,703 t -7.7%
2021 878,487 t +4.0%
2022 787,265 t -10.4%
2023 807,444 t +2.6%
2024 747,608 t -7.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 354,408 t 274,889 t 413,470 t 9
1970s 491,096 t 389,725 t 614,722 t 10
1980s 561,616 t 510,661 t 595,068 t 10
1990s 706,326 t 590,065 t 856,751 t 10
2000s 978,567 t 739,456 t 1.15 million t 10
2010s 980,703 t 810,294 t 1.14 million t 10
2020s 813,101 t 747,608 t 878,487 t 5

Countries ranked near South America

  1. 4 Brazil 637,749 t compare
  2. 4 Türkiye 108,000 t compare
  3. 5 Indonesia 353,386 t compare
  4. 6 Viet Nam 48,313 t compare
  5. 6 Zimbabwe 236,815 t compare
  6. 7 USSR 217,496 t compare
  7. 8 Pakistan 184,982 t compare
  8. 9 Malawi 119,957 t compare
  9. 10 Bangladesh 97,814 t compare

See the full ranking of 185 places →

More agriculture & rural data for South America

All data for South America →

Frequently asked questions

What is unmanufactured tobacco — production in South America?
Unmanufactured tobacco — production in South America was 747,608 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in South America?
The highest recorded value was 1.15 million t in 2004.
What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 274,889 t in 1961.
How does South America rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
South America ranks 7th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in South America?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. 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 — Production. 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

Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in South America. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/unmanufactured-tobacco-production-2/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/unmanufactured-tobacco-production-2/south-america/">Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in South America</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
185 places, 10,081 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.