Environment in South America 191 indicators covering environment for South America. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 13.38 % 2024 up 1.4% 21st Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 19,424 1000 ha 2024 up 11.1% 16th Inland waters — Area 32,070 1000 ha 2024 down 5.5% 15th Pesticides (total) — Import value 8.37 million 1000 USD 2024 up 34.0% 5th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.18 % 2024 down 13.7% 21st Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 70.86 % 2024 down 6.2% 17th Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 352,874 1000 ha 2024 down 13.6% 12th Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.59 % 2024 up 17.7% 17th Permanent crops — Area 17,897 1000 ha 2024 up 8.4% 14th Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 25.55 % 2024 up 19.1% 19th Arable land — Area 127,229 1000 ha 2024 up 9.7% 16th Cropland — Area per capita 0.33 ha/cap 2024 unchanged 9th Cropland — Share in Land area 8.3 % 2024 up 9.4% 30th Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 29.14 % 2024 up 18.9% 20th Cropland — Area 145,125 1000 ha 2024 up 9.5% 16th Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 885.12 USD_PPP/ha 2024 up 29.3% 15th Agricultural land — Share in Land area 28.49 % 2024 down 8.0% 26th Agricultural land — Area 498,002 1000 ha 2024 down 7.9% 12th Agriculture — Area 501,085 1000 ha 2024 down 7.4% 12th Land area — Area 1.75 million 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% 13th Country area — Area 1.78 million 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% 13th Pesticides (total) — Export value 1.46 million 1000 USD 2024 down 2.2% 20th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 9.55 million t 2024 up 61.2% 8th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 720,788 t 2024 up 9.8% 42nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 9.97 million t 2024 up 41.3% 10th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.69 kg/ha 2024 up 29.0% 11th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 22.89 kg/cap 2024 up 31.6% 5th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.86 g/Int$ 2024 up 25.3% 1st Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 23.13 kg/cap 2024 up 38.8% 1st Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.62 g/Int$ 2024 up 18.7% 18th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 5.95 million t 2024 up 26.8% 6th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 7.77 million t 2024 up 16.2% 6th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 53.52 kg/ha 2024 up 6.1% 2nd Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 17.83 kg/cap 2024 up 8.3% 2nd Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 17.62 g/Int$ 2024 down 2.4% 4th Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 125.18 USD 2024 down 0.7% 11th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 9.92 million t 2024 up 50.8% 6th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 10.08 million t 2024 up 49.0% 4th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 69.43 kg/ha 2024 up 36.1% 1st Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity 91,252 t 2024 down 51.5% 43rd Equidae — Share in total livestock 3.18 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% 18th Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.51 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.3% 2nd Cattle — Share in total livestock 80.44 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% 1st Cattle — Stocks 271.45 million LSU 2023 up 10.7% 5th Chickens — Share in total livestock 8.25 %LSU 2023 up 12.6% 22nd Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged 4th Sheep and Goats — Stocks 8.78 million LSU 2023 down 0.7% 20th Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock 2.6 %LSU 2023 down 11.0% 30th Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged 27th Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 271.45 million LSU 2023 up 10.7% 6th Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock 80.44 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% 1st Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.51 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.3% 3rd Sheep — Stocks 6.37 million LSU 2023 down 6.0% 19th Sheep — Share in total livestock 1.89 %LSU 2023 down 15.6% 26th Goats — Stocks 2.41 million LSU 2023 up 16.9% 19th Chickens — Stocks 27.86 million LSU 2023 up 25.4% 9th Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% 13th Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2023 — 26th Goats — Share in total livestock 0.71 %LSU 2023 up 4.4% 30th Horses — Share in total livestock 2.43 %LSU 2023 down 11.6% 9th Page 1 of 4 Next →