Apples — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Apples — Area harvested was 62,557 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Central America is 62,557 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Central America peaked at 71,601 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 8,379 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 20th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,379 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,114 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 10,925 ha | +19.9% |
| 1964 | 11,181 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 12,248 ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 12,501 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 11,946 ha | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 12,850 ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 16,171 ha | +25.8% |
| 1970 | 16,532 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 23,010 ha | +39.2% |
| 1972 | 30,760 ha | +33.7% |
| 1973 | 34,412 ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 35,853 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 33,067 ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 35,350 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 41,120 ha | +16.3% |
| 1978 | 44,106 ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 44,681 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 45,970 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 56,545 ha | +23.0% |
| 1982 | 46,320 ha | -18.1% |
| 1983 | 47,949 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 55,183 ha | +15.1% |
| 1985 | 53,673 ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 55,502 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 52,694 ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 62,456 ha | +18.5% |
| 1989 | 60,125 ha | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 60,505 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 60,855 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 63,203 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 69,317 ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 64,377 ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 64,245 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 63,074 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 65,482 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 61,715 ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 67,519 ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 57,698 ha | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 63,904 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 64,013 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 57,700 ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 62,225 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 63,026 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 61,663 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 60,239 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 60,906 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 67,112 ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 68,026 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 68,659 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 69,567 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 71,601 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 67,894 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 68,471 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 66,360 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 66,546 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 65,401 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 65,663 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 68,201 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 66,381 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 63,570 ha | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 63,218 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 62,557 ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Central America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +39.2% | 16,532 ha | 23,010 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,702 ha | 8,379 ha | 16,171 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,889 ha | 16,532 ha | 44,681 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,642 ha | 45,970 ha | 62,456 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,029 ha | 60,505 ha | 69,317 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,849 ha | 57,698 ha | 67,112 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,819 ha | 65,401 ha | 71,601 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,785 ha | 62,557 ha | 68,201 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Central America?
- Apples — area harvested in Central America was 62,557 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 71,601 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,379 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for apples — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.