Temporary crops — Area in South America
South America: Temporary crops — Area was 98,896 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Temporary crops — Area in South America, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 98,896 1000 ha for temporary crops — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temporary crops — area in South America peaked at 98,896 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64,666 1000 ha, in 2001.
South America ranks 16th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72,074 1000 ha | 64,666 1000 ha | 78,218 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 89,076 1000 ha | 82,326 1000 ha | 94,596 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 96,584 1000 ha | 94,233 1000 ha | 98,896 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More environment data for South America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.69 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 23.13 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.86 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 1.78 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 22.89 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 720,788 t (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 501,085 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 1.75 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.62 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 9.97 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temporary crops — area in South America?
- Temporary crops — area in South America was 98,896 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temporary crops — area recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 98,896 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest temporary crops — area recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,666 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does South America rank for temporary crops — area?
- South America ranks 16th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is temporary crops — area rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. 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 Temporary crops — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.