Wheat — Yield in South America
South America: Wheat — Yield was 2,838 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — 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 wheat — yield in South America is 2,838 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in South America peaked at 3,238 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,025 kg/ha, in 1968.
South America ranks 20th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,136 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,345 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1963 | 1,379 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,636 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 1,245 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1966 | 1,188 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 1,214 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 1,025 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 1,272 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1970 | 1,250 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 1,183 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 1,240 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 1,434 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1974 | 1,321 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 1,253 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 1,388 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1977 | 1,096 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1978 | 1,426 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1979 | 1,307 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 1,315 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 1,340 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 1,641 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1983 | 1,680 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,992 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1985 | 1,629 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1986 | 1,679 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 1,884 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 1,830 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 1,881 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 1,717 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 1,982 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 2,085 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 1,944 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 2,091 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 1,931 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 2,185 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1997 | 2,396 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 2,208 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 2,348 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 2,360 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 2,212 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 1,969 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 2,514 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2004 | 2,505 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,422 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 2,415 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,677 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 2,237 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2009 | 2,478 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 3,238 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2011 | 3,026 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 2,632 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 2,696 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 2,595 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 2,626 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 3,232 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2017 | 2,932 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 3,011 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,910 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 2,760 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 3,210 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2022 | 2,701 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2023 | 2,720 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,838 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,271 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 1,636 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,290 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,687 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,992 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,089 kg/ha | 1,717 kg/ha | 2,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,379 kg/ha | 1,969 kg/ha | 2,677 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,890 kg/ha | 2,595 kg/ha | 3,238 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,846 kg/ha | 2,701 kg/ha | 3,210 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in South America?
- Wheat — yield in South America was 2,838 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,238 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,025 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does South America rank for wheat — yield?
- South America ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 — 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.