Wheat — Production in South America
South America: Wheat — Production was 29.90 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 29.90 million t for wheat — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in South America peaked at 33.81 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.10 million t, in 1961.
That places South America 16th out of 31 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.77 million t | 8.10 million t | 14.05 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.29 million t | 8.80 million t | 16.51 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.23 million t | 12.04 million t | 18.62 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.92 million t | 13.31 million t | 21.96 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.85 million t | 17.59 million t | 25.05 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.81 million t | 17.62 million t | 29.83 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.20 million t | 26.81 million t | 33.81 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 Kazakhstan 18.58 million t compare
- 14 Germany 18.53 million t compare
- 15 Argentina 18.51 million t compare
- 16 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.75 million t compare
- 17 Poland 12.18 million t compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.15 million t compare
- 19 Egypt 9.40 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,346 kg/An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 68.28 million An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 16.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in South America?
- Wheat — production in South America was 29.90 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 33.81 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.10 million t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for wheat — production?
- South America ranks 16th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. 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 Wheat — Production. 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.