Asparagus — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Asparagus — Area harvested was 35,694 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — 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 asparagus — area harvested in Central America is 35,694 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 74.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Central America peaked at 37,250 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 1,518 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +97.6% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 7,360 ha | +22.7% |
| 1976 | 9,226 ha | +25.4% |
| 1977 | 10,386 ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 4,273 ha | -58.9% |
| 1979 | 4,002 ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 4,174 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 4,573 ha | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 4,287 ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 3,106 ha | -27.5% |
| 1984 | 5,320 ha | +71.3% |
| 1985 | 5,124 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 5,858 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 6,048 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 5,129 ha | -15.2% |
| 1989 | 6,267 ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 9,980 ha | +59.2% |
| 1991 | 9,166 ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 9,978 ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 10,103 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 9,630 ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 9,597 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 9,444 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 11,519 ha | +22.0% |
| 1998 | 13,095 ha | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 12,765 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 13,428 ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 14,602 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 14,548 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 14,265 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 13,546 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 13,921 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 14,287 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 13,927 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 15,828 ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 17,028 ha | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 16,466 ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 16,716 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 16,263 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 17,861 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 20,470 ha | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 22,265 ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 24,824 ha | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 26,172 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 30,823 ha | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 30,873 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 31,972 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 34,921 ha | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 35,972 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 37,250 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 35,694 ha | -4.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +97.6% | 1,518 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1984 | +71.3% | 3,106 ha | 5,320 ha |
| 1978 | -58.9% | 10,386 ha | 4,273 ha |
| 1990 | +59.2% | 6,267 ha | 9,980 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,367 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,176 ha | 1,500 ha | 10,386 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,989 ha | 3,106 ha | 6,267 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,528 ha | 9,166 ha | 13,095 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,538 ha | 13,428 ha | 17,028 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,273 ha | 16,263 ha | 30,873 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,162 ha | 31,972 ha | 37,250 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Central America?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Central America was 35,694 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 37,250 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.