Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in South America

South America: Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ was 1.42 million million USD in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.42 million million USD
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
16th
of 33 groups
All-time high
1.65 million million USD
in 2014
All-time low
293,386 million USD
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in South America, 2001–2024

500.0k1.0M1.5M2001201220242001: 398.4k million USD2002: 293.4k million USD2003: 319.8k million USD2004: 405.0k million USD2005: 513.0k million USD2006: 703.0k million USD2007: 839.7k million USD2008: 1.0M million USD2009: 1.1M million USD2010: 1.3M million USD2011: 1.6M million USD2012: 1.5M million USD2013: 1.6M million USD2014: 1.7M million USD2015: 1.2M million USD2016: 1.2M million USD2017: 1.3M million USD2018: 1.2M million USD2019: 1.2M million USD2020: 1.0M million USD2021: 1.1M million USD2022: 1.3M million USD2023: 1.4M million USD2024: 1.4M million USD

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.

Analysis

South America recorded 1.42 million million USD for total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in South America peaked at 1.65 million million USD in 2014 and was at its lowest, 293,386 million USD, in 2002.

South America ranks 16th of 33 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.

Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in South America, year by year

Annual values for Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in South America, 2001 to 2024.
Year million USD Change
2001 398,369 million USD
2002 293,386 million USD -26.4%
2003 319,761 million USD +9.0%
2004 405,010 million USD +26.7%
2005 513,035 million USD +26.7%
2006 703,008 million USD +37.0%
2007 839,741 million USD +19.4%
2008 1.05 million million USD +24.8%
2009 1.12 million million USD +6.6%
2010 1.30 million million USD +16.3%
2011 1.56 million million USD +20.1%
2012 1.53 million million USD -1.9%
2013 1.63 million million USD +6.3%
2014 1.65 million million USD +1.6%
2015 1.19 million million USD -28.2%
2016 1.18 million million USD -0.6%
2017 1.31 million million USD +10.6%
2018 1.23 million million USD -6.0%
2019 1.17 million million USD -4.5%
2020 1.04 million million USD -11.5%
2021 1.09 million million USD +4.8%
2022 1.27 million million USD +16.7%
2023 1.43 million million USD +12.4%
2024 1.42 million million USD -0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 626,434 million USD 293,386 million USD 1.12 million million USD 9
2010s 1.37 million million USD 1.17 million million USD 1.65 million million USD 10
2020s 1.25 million million USD 1.04 million million USD 1.43 million million USD 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in South America?
Total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in South America was 1.42 million million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ recorded in South America?
The highest recorded value was 1.65 million million USD in 2014.
What is the lowest total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 293,386 million USD in 2002.
How does South America rank for total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$?
South America ranks 16th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ rising or falling in South America?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. 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 Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$
Unit
million USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
41 places, 984 data points, 2001–2024
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The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.