Caribbean vs Central America: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Central America
How they compare
Central America currently reports 14,575 kg/ha against 13,797 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 778 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.1 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 6th and Central America ranks 4th of 15 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Central America in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15,000 kg/ha | 13,304 kg/ha | 1,696 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 14,776 kg/ha | 15,202 kg/ha | 425.62 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 14,360 kg/ha | 15,468 kg/ha | 1,108 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 13,994 kg/ha | 14,665 kg/ha | 671.03 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 13,838 kg/ha | 14,576 kg/ha | 738.32 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Caribbean or Central America?
- Central America, at 14,575 kg/ha against 13,797 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Caribbean and Central America?
- 778 kg/ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Central America?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Central America rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 6th and Central America ranks 4th of 15 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.