Brazil - Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)

Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) in Brazil was reported at 1761 mm in 2014, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.



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Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid.


Brazil | Agriculture

Agricultural census
1
Agricultural machinery, tractors
788053
Fertilizer consumption (% of fertilizer production)
442 %
Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
175
Agricultural land (sq. km)
2825890 sq. Km
Agricultural land (% of land area)
33.81 %
Arable land (hectares)
80017000 ha
Arable land (hectares per person)
0.3885
Arable land (% of land area)
9.57 %
Land under cereal production (hectares)
21851934 ha
Permanent cropland (% of land area)
0.7863 %
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
47495 sq. Km
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
0.567 %
Forest area (sq. km)
4935380 sq. Km
Forest area (% of land area)
59.05 %
Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)
1.64 %
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
1761 mm
Land area (sq. km)
8358140 sq. Km
Rural land area (sq. km)
8241430 sq. Km
Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land
113 sq. Km
Cereal production (metric tons)
101402184
Crop production index (1999-2001 = 100)
142
Food production index (1999-2001 = 100)
135
Livestock production index (1999-2001 = 100)
124
Surface area (sq. km)
8515770 sq. Km
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
4640
Agriculture value added per worker (constant 2000 US$)
10726 USD
Economically active population in agriculture
11650000
Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
315950
Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)
74.97 %
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
155717
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)
81.55 %
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
60 %

0.29 %
Poverty gap at rural poverty line
28.4 %
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)
41 %
Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)
10.9 %
Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)
18.4 %
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
15.2 %
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports)
1.24 %
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)
4.81 %






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