Avocados — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Avocados — Area harvested was 262,491 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — 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 avocados — area harvested in Central America is 262,491 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 57.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Central America peaked at 262,778 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,820 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 2nd of 30 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,691 ha | 13,820 ha | 24,504 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,234 ha | 26,749 ha | 61,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,661 ha | 64,798 ha | 89,074 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 99,291 ha | 89,335 ha | 106,476 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 117,856 ha | 107,700 ha | 136,695 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 178,954 ha | 137,959 ha | 232,653 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 249,806 ha | 238,951 ha | 262,778 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Central America?
- Avocados — area harvested in Central America was 262,491 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 262,778 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,820 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 2nd out of 30 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.2%. 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 Avocados — 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.