Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in South America
South America: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,863 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South America stood at 1,863 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South America peaked at 2,181 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 882.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places South America 15th out of 27 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 — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 882.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 978.8 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 997.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 980.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 1,011 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 963.1 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 1,044 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 1,045 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,058 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 1,074 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 1,071 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 1,105 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 1,060 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 1,263 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1975 | 1,201 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 1,190 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,227 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 1,238 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,288 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 1,312 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 1,272 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 1,352 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 1,309 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 1,463 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 1,492 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 1,416 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 1,386 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 1,526 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 1,568 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 1,638 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 1,493 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 1,667 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 1,762 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 1,658 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 1,594 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 1,573 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 1,787 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 1,488 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 1,831 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2000 | 1,880 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 1,872 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,967 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1,717 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 2,005 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 1,837 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 1,829 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,945 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 1,953 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,922 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,776 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 2,048 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 1,954 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 2,056 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 2,052 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,114 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 1,842 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 2,181 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2018 | 2,092 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 2,114 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,967 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 2,066 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 1,965 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 2,004 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,863 kg/ha | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 995.68 kg/ha | 882.8 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,172 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,410 kg/ha | 1,272 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,649 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | 1,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,893 kg/ha | 1,717 kg/ha | 2,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,023 kg/ha | 1,776 kg/ha | 2,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,973 kg/ha | 1,863 kg/ha | 2,066 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 12 Yemen 3,488 kg/ha compare
- 13 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,440 kg/ha compare
- 14 Pakistan 3,388 kg/ha compare
- 15 Chile 3,371 kg/ha compare
- 16 Thailand 3,338 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 464 kg/ha compare
- 17 Kyrgyzstan 3,218 kg/ha compare
- 18 Spain 3,141 kg/ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 233.3 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South America?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South America was 1,863 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,181 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 882.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- South America ranks 15th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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 — 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.