Vegetables Primary — Production in South America

South America: Vegetables Primary — Production was 24.30 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
24.30 million t
Change on year
up 2.2%
Rank
19th
of 29 groups
All-time high
24.30 million t
in 2024
All-time low
6.01 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in South America, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

South America recorded 24.30 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in South America peaked at 24.30 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.01 million t, in 1961.

South America ranks 19th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Vegetables Primary — Production in South America, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in South America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 6.01 million t —
1962 6.36 million t +5.8%
1963 6.38 million t +0.3%
1964 6.78 million t +6.3%
1965 6.82 million t +0.6%
1966 7.25 million t +6.3%
1967 7.43 million t +2.4%
1968 7.31 million t -1.6%
1969 7.46 million t +2.0%
1970 7.82 million t +4.7%
1971 7.90 million t +1.1%
1972 8.01 million t +1.3%
1973 7.98 million t -0.4%
1974 8.60 million t +7.8%
1975 8.91 million t +3.6%
1976 9.22 million t +3.4%
1977 9.30 million t +0.9%
1978 9.82 million t +5.5%
1979 10.41 million t +6.1%
1980 10.54 million t +1.3%
1981 10.30 million t -2.3%
1982 10.99 million t +6.7%
1983 10.68 million t -2.9%
1984 11.25 million t +5.3%
1985 11.46 million t +1.9%
1986 11.76 million t +2.6%
1987 12.17 million t +3.5%
1988 12.85 million t +5.5%
1989 12.74 million t -0.8%
1990 13.08 million t +2.7%
1991 13.21 million t +1.0%
1992 12.99 million t -1.7%
1993 13.51 million t +4.0%
1994 14.83 million t +9.7%
1995 15.51 million t +4.6%
1996 16.00 million t +3.2%
1997 16.05 million t +0.3%
1998 16.68 million t +3.9%
1999 17.70 million t +6.1%
2000 17.48 million t -1.2%
2001 17.35 million t -0.8%
2002 18.36 million t +5.8%
2003 18.56 million t +1.1%
2004 18.46 million t -0.5%
2005 18.58 million t +0.6%
2006 19.01 million t +2.3%
2007 18.86 million t -0.8%
2008 19.55 million t +3.7%
2009 20.42 million t +4.4%
2010 20.87 million t +2.2%
2011 21.50 million t +3.0%
2012 20.87 million t -2.9%
2013 21.43 million t +2.7%
2014 22.07 million t +3.0%
2015 21.94 million t -0.6%
2016 22.42 million t +2.2%
2017 22.74 million t +1.4%
2018 23.13 million t +1.7%
2019 22.85 million t -1.2%
2020 22.46 million t -1.7%
2021 23.04 million t +2.6%
2022 23.14 million t +0.4%
2023 23.78 million t +2.8%
2024 24.30 million t +2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 6.87 million t 6.01 million t 7.46 million t 9
1970s 8.80 million t 7.82 million t 10.41 million t 10
1980s 11.47 million t 10.30 million t 12.85 million t 10
1990s 14.95 million t 12.99 million t 17.70 million t 10
2000s 18.66 million t 17.35 million t 20.42 million t 10
2010s 21.98 million t 20.87 million t 23.13 million t 10
2020s 23.34 million t 22.46 million t 24.30 million t 5

Countries ranked near South America

  1. 16 Algeria 8.69 million t compare
  2. 16 Republic of Moldova 242,709 t compare
  3. 17 Bangladesh 8.57 million t compare
  4. 17 Timor-Leste 35,772 t compare
  5. 18 Ukraine 7.92 million t compare
  6. 18 Polynesia 35,456 t compare
  7. 19 Philippines 6.88 million t compare
  8. 19 Micronesia 9,346 t compare
  9. 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,618 t compare
  10. 20 Pakistan 6.36 million t compare
  11. 21 Niger 5.69 million t compare
  12. 22 France 5.49 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in South America?
Vegetables primary — production in South America was 24.30 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in South America?
The highest recorded value was 24.30 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 6.01 million t in 1961.
How does South America rank for vegetables primary — production?
South America ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in South America?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
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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.