Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in South America
South America: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1.19 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 1.19 million ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in South America peaked at 1.24 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 860,225 ha, in 1961.
That places South America 17th 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 860,225 ha | — |
| 1962 | 871,008 ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 869,956 ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 880,737 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 872,754 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 911,501 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 907,287 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 883,102 ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 885,321 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 902,544 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 887,213 ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 878,669 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 868,816 ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 893,072 ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 890,804 ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 905,475 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 896,914 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 902,012 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 916,002 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 914,490 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 892,602 ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 922,853 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 889,235 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 944,139 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 928,863 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 953,398 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 1.01 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 1.01 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 1.03 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 990,401 ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 989,584 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 983,891 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 996,182 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 1.06 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 1.05 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1.08 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 1.09 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.11 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.13 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1.11 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 1.10 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.11 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.12 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.10 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.12 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 1.12 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.14 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1.19 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 1.22 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 1.24 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.18 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.17 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.19 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.20 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.19 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.18 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.17 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.19 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.19 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.19 million ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 882,432 ha | 860,225 ha | 911,501 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 894,152 ha | 868,816 ha | 916,002 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 949,534 ha | 889,235 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.05 million ha | 983,891 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 14 Guinea 445,689 ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64,997 ha compare
- 15 Pakistan 426,309 ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 64,242 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 39,265 ha compare
- 16 Ukraine 386,779 ha compare
- 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 Brazil 353,177 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 322 ha compare
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- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in South America?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in South America was 1.19 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 860,225 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- South America ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 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.