Avocados — Yield in Central America
Central America: Avocados — Yield was 11,163 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — yield in Central America stood at 11,163 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Central America peaked at 11,943 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,530 kg/ha, in 1983.
Central America ranks 9th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,284 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,350 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 11,634 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 11,634 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 11,869 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 11,412 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 10,800 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1968 | 11,093 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 11,003 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 10,895 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 9,598 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 8,771 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 9,131 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 8,053 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 7,798 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 7,857 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 7,638 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 7,870 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 7,652 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 8,168 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 8,321 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 8,619 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 7,530 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1984 | 7,791 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 7,753 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 9,195 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1987 | 8,371 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1988 | 8,619 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 8,166 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 8,712 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 9,206 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 8,158 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 8,436 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 8,741 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 8,646 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 9,055 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 9,046 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 9,198 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 9,154 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 9,280 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 9,461 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 9,044 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 9,074 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 9,349 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 9,408 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 10,401 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 9,963 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 9,934 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 9,795 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 8,857 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 9,804 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 9,966 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 10,102 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 9,875 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 9,789 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 10,382 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 10,759 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 10,594 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 10,747 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 10,805 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 11,061 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 10,989 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 11,943 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 11,163 kg/ha | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,342 kg/ha | 10,800 kg/ha | 11,869 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,526 kg/ha | 7,638 kg/ha | 10,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,253 kg/ha | 7,530 kg/ha | 9,195 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,835 kg/ha | 8,158 kg/ha | 9,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,571 kg/ha | 9,044 kg/ha | 10,401 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,088 kg/ha | 8,857 kg/ha | 10,759 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,192 kg/ha | 10,805 kg/ha | 11,943 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 6 Panama 28,612 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 11,026 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 23,823 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 10,939 kg/ha compare
- 8 El Salvador 23,442 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 8,132 kg/ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 21,954 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,538 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lebanon 20,074 kg/ha compare
- 11 Kenya 18,281 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,434 kg/ha compare
- 12 Israel 17,189 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — yield in Central America?
- Avocados — yield in Central America was 11,163 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 11,943 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,530 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Central America rank for avocados — yield?
- Central America ranks 9th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. 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 Avocados — Yield. 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.