> The 12 countries and territories of South America produced 259 million t of cereals (8.3% of the world), 24.3 million t of vegetables (2.1% of the world)…

Source: https://husfarm.com/agriculture/south-america/

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# Agriculture in South America

The 12 countries and territories of South America produced 259 million t of cereals (8.3% of the world), 24.3 million t of vegetables (2.1% of the world), 92.3 million t of fruit (9.7% of the world), 47.8 million t of meat (12.8% of the world) and 69.7 million t of milk (7.1% of the world) in 2024. The largest crops were sugar cane, soybeans and maize. Its largest shares of world output are in maté leaves (100%), quinoa (100%) and cashewapple (82%).

[Africa](https://husfarm.com/agriculture/africa/)[Asia](https://husfarm.com/agriculture/asia/)[Europe](https://husfarm.com/agriculture/europe/)[North and Central America](https://husfarm.com/agriculture/north-america/)[South America](https://husfarm.com/agriculture/south-america/)[Oceania](https://husfarm.com/agriculture/oceania/)Cereals259 million t8.3% of world · +38% in ten years
Vegetables24.3 million t2.1% of world · +10% in ten years
Fruit92.3 million t9.7% of world · +9.4% in ten years
Meat47.8 million t12.8% of world · +16% in ten years
Milk69.7 million t7.1% of world · +5.5% in ten years

## Totals by group, 2024

| Group | South America | Share of world | 10-year change | Largest producer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cereals](https://husfarm.com/production/cereals-total/) | 259 million t | 8.3% | +38% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/cereals-total/brazil/) |
| [Vegetables](https://husfarm.com/production/vegetables-total/) | 24.3 million t | 2.1% | +10% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/vegetables-total/brazil/) |
| [Fruit](https://husfarm.com/production/fruit-total/) | 92.3 million t | 9.7% | +9.4% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/fruit-total/brazil/) |
| [Roots and tubers](https://husfarm.com/production/roots-tubers-total/) | 47.5 million t | 5.0% | −3.2% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/roots-tubers-total/brazil/) |
| [Pulses](https://husfarm.com/production/pulses-total/) | 4.7 million t | 4.9% | −0.2% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/pulses-total/brazil/) |
| [Tree nuts](https://husfarm.com/production/treenuts-total/) | 711,002 t | 3.9% | +73% | [🇨🇱 Chile](https://husfarm.com/production/treenuts-total/chile/) |
| [Meat](https://husfarm.com/production/meat-total/) | 47.8 million t | 12.8% | +16% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/meat-total/brazil/) |
| [Milk](https://husfarm.com/production/milk-total/) | 69.7 million t | 7.1% | +5.5% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/milk-total/brazil/) |
| [Eggs](https://husfarm.com/production/eggs-total/) | 7.2 million t | 7.2% | +40% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/eggs-total/brazil/) |
| [Cattle](https://husfarm.com/production/cattle/) | 386 million | 24.5% | +9.9% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/cattle/brazil/) |
| [Pigs](https://husfarm.com/production/pigs/) | 75.2 million | 7.8% | +17% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/pigs/brazil/) |
| [Sheep](https://husfarm.com/production/sheep/) | 63.7 million | 4.7% | −1.7% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/sheep/brazil/) |
| [Goats](https://husfarm.com/production/goats/) | 24.6 million | 2.1% | +20% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/goats/brazil/) |
| [Chickens](https://husfarm.com/production/chickens/) | 2.82 billion | 10.2% | +22% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/chickens/brazil/) |

Animals in head; other figures in tonnes.

## Largest crops, 2024

| Crop | Tonnes | Share of world | 10-year change | Largest producer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sugar cane](https://husfarm.com/production/sugar-cane/) | 845,115,738 | 43.6% | +0.5% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/sugar-cane/brazil/) |
| [Soybeans](https://husfarm.com/production/soybeans/) | 210,342,125 | 52.9% | +35% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/soybeans/brazil/) |
| [Maize](https://husfarm.com/production/maize/) | 185,828,312 | 15.3% | +47% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/maize/brazil/) |
| [Wheat](https://husfarm.com/production/wheat/) | 29,904,564 | 3.7% | +23% | [🇦🇷 Argentina](https://husfarm.com/production/wheat/argentina/) |
| [Cassava](https://husfarm.com/production/cassava/) | 25,713,606 | 7.5% | −16% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/cassava/brazil/) |
| [Rice (paddy)](https://husfarm.com/production/rice/) | 24,823,443 | 3.0% | +0.1% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/rice/brazil/) |
| [Bananas](https://husfarm.com/production/bananas/) | 20,739,582 | 14.9% | +11% | [🇪🇨 Ecuador](https://husfarm.com/production/bananas/ecuador/) |
| [Oranges](https://husfarm.com/production/oranges/) | 19,241,546 | 28.6% | −3.3% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/oranges/brazil/) |
| [Potatoes](https://husfarm.com/production/potatoes/) | 18,805,482 | 4.8% | +18% | [🇵🇪 Peru](https://husfarm.com/production/potatoes/peru/) |
| [Oil palm fruit](https://husfarm.com/production/oil-palm-fruit/) | 15,857,015 | 3.8% | +37% | [🇨🇴 Colombia](https://husfarm.com/production/oil-palm-fruit/colombia/) |
| [Seed cotton](https://husfarm.com/production/seed-cotton/) | 9,887,826 | 13.6% | +81% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/seed-cotton/brazil/) |
| [Sorghum](https://husfarm.com/production/sorghum/) | 8,531,968 | 13.3% | +23% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/sorghum/brazil/) |
| [Tomatoes](https://husfarm.com/production/tomatoes/) | 8,327,827 | 4.4% | +12% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/tomatoes/brazil/) |
| [Grapes](https://husfarm.com/production/grapes/) | 7,324,662 | 9.6% | +0.5% | [🇨🇱 Chile](https://husfarm.com/production/grapes/chile/) |
| [Barley](https://husfarm.com/production/barley/) | 6,855,917 | 4.8% | +81% | [🇦🇷 Argentina](https://husfarm.com/production/barley/argentina/) |
| [Lemons and limes](https://husfarm.com/production/lemons-and-limes/) | 5,407,709 | 23.3% | +94% | [🇦🇷 Argentina](https://husfarm.com/production/lemons-and-limes/argentina/) |
| [Cotton seed](https://husfarm.com/production/cotton-seed/) | 4,991,014 | 12.2% | +95% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/cotton-seed/brazil/) |
| [Plantains](https://husfarm.com/production/plantains/) | 4,970,206 | 11.1% | −5.7% | [🇨🇴 Colombia](https://husfarm.com/production/plantains/colombia/) |
| [Pineapples](https://husfarm.com/production/pineapples/) | 4,791,912 | 16.3% | +6.0% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/pineapples/brazil/) |
| [Coffee, green](https://husfarm.com/production/coffee/) | 4,673,882 | 41.4% | +22% | [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/coffee/brazil/) |

## South America’s largest shares of world output

Crops with the highest share of world production grown in South America (above 100,000 t).
[Maté leaves 100%](https://husfarm.com/production/mate/)[Quinoa 100%](https://husfarm.com/production/quinoa/)[Cashewapple 82%](https://husfarm.com/production/cashewapple/)[Soybeans 53%](https://husfarm.com/production/soybeans/)[Sugar cane 44%](https://husfarm.com/production/sugar-cane/)[Coffee, green 41%](https://husfarm.com/production/coffee/)[Blueberries 32%](https://husfarm.com/production/blueberries/)[Oranges 29%](https://husfarm.com/production/oranges/)[Avocados 27%](https://husfarm.com/production/avocados/)[Lemons and limes 23%](https://husfarm.com/production/lemons-and-limes/)[Cherries 20%](https://husfarm.com/production/cherries/)[Cocoa beans 18%](https://husfarm.com/production/cocoa-beans/)

## Countries of South America

Production in 2024, in tonnes (cattle in head). Click a column to sort.

| Country | Cereals | Vegetables | Fruit | Meat | Milk | Cattle | World #1 | Prices |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://husfarm.com/production/country/brazil/) | 139 million | 9.3 million | 41.6 million | 29.6 million | 36.9 million | 238 million | 10 | [Market prices](https://husfarm.com/country/brazil/) |
| [🇦🇷 Argentina](https://husfarm.com/production/country/argentina/) | 85.7 million | 3.9 million | 7.7 million | 6.4 million | 10.9 million | 52.8 million | 1 | [Market prices](https://husfarm.com/country/argentina/) |
| [🇵🇪 Peru](https://husfarm.com/production/country/peru/) | 5.9 million | 3.2 million | 8.2 million | 2.4 million | 2.2 million | 5.8 million | 5 | [Market prices](https://husfarm.com/country/peru/) |
| [🇵🇾 Paraguay](https://husfarm.com/production/country/paraguay/) | 5.8 million | 142,108 | 753,355 | 580,201 | 559,000 | 13.6 million | — | |
| [🇨🇴 Colombia](https://husfarm.com/production/country/colombia/) | 4.3 million | 2.6 million | 12.0 million | 3.2 million | 7.9 million | 30.3 million | 1 | [Market prices](https://husfarm.com/country/colombia/) |
| [🇺🇾 Uruguay](https://husfarm.com/production/country/uruguay/) | 4.1 million | 179,765 | 448,615 | 695,238 | 2.3 million | 12.0 million | — | [Market prices](https://husfarm.com/country/uruguay/) |
| [🇧🇴 Bolivia](https://husfarm.com/production/country/bolivia/) | 3.7 million | 478,076 | 1.5 million | 1.1 million | 643,822 | 11.2 million | 1 | |
| [🇻🇪 Venezuela](https://husfarm.com/production/country/venezuela/) | 3.5 million | 1.3 million | 3.2 million | 1.1 million | 4.0 million | 15.7 million | 1 | |
| [🇪🇨 Ecuador](https://husfarm.com/production/country/ecuador/) | 2.8 million | 478,389 | 9.9 million | 1.0 million | 2.0 million | 3.4 million | — | [Market prices](https://husfarm.com/country/ecuador/) |
| [🇨🇱 Chile](https://husfarm.com/production/country/chile/) | 2.6 million | 2.5 million | 6.7 million | 1.6 million | 2.3 million | 3.0 million | — | [Market prices](https://husfarm.com/country/chile/) |
| [🇬🇾 Guyana](https://husfarm.com/production/country/guyana/) | 1.1 million | 247,022 | 385,322 | 87,418 | 21,089 | 98,851 | — | |
| [🇸🇷 Suriname](https://husfarm.com/production/country/suriname/) | 226,034 | 11,667 | 39,313 | 12,565 | 2,709 | 28,821 | — | |

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. [fao.org/faostat](https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL). Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm. Continental totals calculated by Husfarm from country figures.

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