Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 353,177 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Brazil stood at 353,177 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 421,915 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 300,373 ha, in 1985.
That places Brazil 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 421,915 ha | — |
| 1962 | 419,892 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 409,419 ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 414,121 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 400,474 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 402,476 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 389,296 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 381,838 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 381,092 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 375,820 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 364,660 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 344,434 ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 336,358 ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 351,092 ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 324,677 ha | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 331,004 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 334,413 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 334,485 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 335,007 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 329,499 ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 330,427 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 331,206 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 320,723 ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 322,968 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 300,373 ha | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 316,161 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 329,809 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 312,833 ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 325,002 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 326,664 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 330,250 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 315,399 ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 310,085 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 336,225 ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 331,488 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 336,458 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 330,718 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 332,525 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 333,896 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 329,494 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 328,723 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 342,104 ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 342,368 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 327,030 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 329,276 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 337,693 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 343,284 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 346,304 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 373,681 ha | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 385,771 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 380,209 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 359,854 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 354,656 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 360,333 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 370,976 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 363,441 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 352,925 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 344,098 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 342,791 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 342,735 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 346,580 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 347,188 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 352,257 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 353,177 ha | +0.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 353,177 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 8.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 353,177 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 47.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 402,280 ha | 381,092 ha | 421,915 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 343,195 ha | 324,677 ha | 375,820 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 321,900 ha | 300,373 ha | 331,206 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 328,371 ha | 310,085 ha | 336,458 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 339,996 ha | 327,030 ha | 373,681 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 361,505 ha | 342,791 ha | 385,771 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 348,387 ha | 342,735 ha | 353,177 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 17 Myanmar 380,654 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 17,870 ha compare
- 18 Japan 361,476 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,859 ha compare
- 19 Thailand 359,795 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 798 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 322 ha compare
- 21 Nepal 334,784 ha compare
- 22 Italy 330,660 ha compare
- 23 Niger 316,038 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Brazil?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Brazil was 353,177 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 421,915 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 300,373 ha in 1985.
- How does Brazil rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.