Yerba mate is a plant native to South America. Argentina is the largest yerba mate producer in the world. As of July 2020, the area cultivated with this plant in the South American country amounted to approximately 175 thousand hectares. Brazil followed, with some 72 thousand hectares planted in 2019.
Largest yerba mate producing countries in Latin America as of 2020, by planted area
(in 1,000 hectares)
* Data for 2019.
** As of October 2019.
This statistic was compiled using data from different official sources. Data for Brazil was retrieved from IBGE's Produção AgrÃcola Municipal report. Data for Paraguay was retrieved from an ABC release.
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