Barley — Yield in Central America
Central America: Barley — Yield was 2,753 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 2,753 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Central America peaked at 3,143 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 747.1 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 16th of 26 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.
Barley — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 747.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 784.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 798.8 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 805.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 854.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 914.3 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 853 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 1,004 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1969 | 867.6 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1970 | 1,060 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1971 | 1,222 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1972 | 1,426 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 1,495 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 1,444 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 1,537 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 1,511 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 1,681 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 1,704 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 1,468 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1980 | 1,659 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 2,029 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1982 | 1,845 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 1,836 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 2,185 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1985 | 1,910 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1986 | 1,921 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 2,157 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1988 | 1,498 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1989 | 1,649 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 1,868 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1991 | 2,039 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 1,894 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 2,304 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 2,644 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 1,974 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1996 | 2,068 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1,934 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 1,539 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1999 | 2,004 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2000 | 2,456 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2001 | 2,453 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,609 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 2,976 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2004 | 2,859 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 2,485 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 2,756 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 2,281 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 2,514 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 2,170 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 2,512 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 2,232 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 3,143 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 2013 | 2,002 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2014 | 2,696 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 2015 | 2,336 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 2,967 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2017 | 2,842 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 2,864 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,693 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 2,938 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 3,012 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 2,960 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,797 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 2,753 kg/ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 847.69 kg/ha | 747.1 kg/ha | 1,004 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,455 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,869 kg/ha | 1,498 kg/ha | 2,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,027 kg/ha | 1,539 kg/ha | 2,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,556 kg/ha | 2,170 kg/ha | 2,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,629 kg/ha | 2,002 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,892 kg/ha | 2,753 kg/ha | 3,012 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Central America?
- Barley — yield in Central America was 2,753 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,143 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 747.1 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for barley — yield?
- Central America ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. 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 Barley — Yield. 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.