Vegetables Primary — Yield in South America
South America: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 20,383 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in South America is 20,383 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in South America peaked at 20,383 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,985 kg/ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 16th 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 — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,985 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,300 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 7,332 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 7,699 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 7,819 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 7,957 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 8,189 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 8,283 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 8,430 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 8,661 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 8,910 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 9,115 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 9,185 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 9,630 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 10,004 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 10,180 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 10,372 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 10,882 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 11,366 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 11,527 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 11,543 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 11,912 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 12,008 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 11,911 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 12,342 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 12,333 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 12,086 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 12,698 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 12,358 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 13,206 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 13,350 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 13,202 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 13,562 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 13,967 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 14,762 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 14,772 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 14,737 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 14,998 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 15,638 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 15,720 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 15,809 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 16,536 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 16,585 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 16,747 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 16,833 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 17,021 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 16,767 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 17,139 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 17,159 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 17,120 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 17,367 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 17,619 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 18,260 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 18,830 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 18,516 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 18,642 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 19,033 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 19,548 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 19,376 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 19,153 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 19,333 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 19,428 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 19,916 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 20,383 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,777 kg/ha | 6,985 kg/ha | 8,430 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,830 kg/ha | 8,661 kg/ha | 11,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,072 kg/ha | 11,527 kg/ha | 12,698 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,219 kg/ha | 13,202 kg/ha | 15,638 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,632 kg/ha | 15,720 kg/ha | 17,159 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,431 kg/ha | 17,120 kg/ha | 19,548 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,643 kg/ha | 19,153 kg/ha | 20,383 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,137 kg/ha compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 40,100 kg/ha compare
- 14 Greece 39,369 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 6,678 kg/ha compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 21,152 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,532 kg/ha compare
- 15 Oman 39,047 kg/ha compare
- 16 Poland 38,160 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 6,181 kg/ha compare
- 17 Belgium-Luxembourg 37,852 kg/ha compare
- 18 Austria 36,496 kg/ha compare
- 18 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,568 kg/ha compare
- 19 Qatar 36,240 kg/ha compare
- 19 Polynesia 4,002 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in South America?
- Vegetables primary — yield in South America was 20,383 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 20,383 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,985 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- South America ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.