Beans, dry — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 2.09 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 2.09 million ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 39.2% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Central America peaked at 2.78 million ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.34 million ha, in 1979.
That places Central America 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.88 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.96 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 2.02 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 2.41 million ha | +19.6% |
| 1965 | 2.42 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 2.54 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 2.24 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1968 | 2.11 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 1.97 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 2.12 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 2.35 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 2.01 million ha | -14.7% |
| 1973 | 2.18 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 1.87 million ha | -14.0% |
| 1975 | 2.15 million ha | +14.9% |
| 1976 | 1.69 million ha | -21.4% |
| 1977 | 1.95 million ha | +15.3% |
| 1978 | 1.92 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 1.34 million ha | -30.3% |
| 1980 | 1.83 million ha | +36.4% |
| 1981 | 2.31 million ha | +26.7% |
| 1982 | 1.88 million ha | -18.7% |
| 1983 | 2.31 million ha | +22.8% |
| 1984 | 2.05 million ha | -11.2% |
| 1985 | 2.20 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 2.28 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 2.22 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 2.41 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 1.75 million ha | -27.4% |
| 1990 | 2.57 million ha | +47.1% |
| 1991 | 2.52 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 1.77 million ha | -29.7% |
| 1993 | 2.34 million ha | +32.6% |
| 1994 | 2.60 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 2.50 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 2.49 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 2.10 million ha | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 2.68 million ha | +27.6% |
| 1999 | 2.28 million ha | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 2.10 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 2.35 million ha | +11.8% |
| 2002 | 2.78 million ha | +18.6% |
| 2003 | 2.64 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 2.35 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 1.99 million ha | -15.5% |
| 2006 | 2.37 million ha | +19.1% |
| 2007 | 2.13 million ha | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 2.20 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 1.93 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 2.32 million ha | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 1.68 million ha | -27.6% |
| 2012 | 2.37 million ha | +40.8% |
| 2013 | 2.52 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 2.47 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.33 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 2.41 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 2.40 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 2.38 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.88 million ha | -20.7% |
| 2020 | 2.25 million ha | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 2.40 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 2.19 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 1.50 million ha | -31.5% |
| 2024 | 2.09 million ha | +39.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.17 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 2.54 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.96 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 2.35 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.12 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 2.41 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.38 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 2.68 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.28 million ha | 1.93 million ha | 2.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.27 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 2.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.09 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 2.40 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 8 Burundi 747,771 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 171,585 ha compare
- 9 China 738,345 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 114,184 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 732,838 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 91,841 ha compare
- 11 Angola 713,374 ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 84,329 ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 81,754 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 660,495 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 565,899 ha compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 17,109 ha compare
- 14 Kazakhstan 490,477 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 7,627 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Central America?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Central America was 2.09 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.78 million ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 1979.
- How does Central America rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.