Beans, dry — Yield in Central America
Central America: Beans, dry — Yield was 754.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — yield in Central America is 754.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.8% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Central America peaked at 875.2 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 418.5 kg/ha, in 1962.
Central America ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 466.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 418.5 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1963 | 426.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 451.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 434.6 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 475.7 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 527.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 505.2 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 531.3 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 537.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 494.7 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 525.5 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 552.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 631.3 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1975 | 581.6 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 570.6 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 489.7 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1978 | 619 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1979 | 619.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 610.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 678.8 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 638.5 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 659.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 578.6 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1985 | 536.4 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 599.6 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 569 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 480.7 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1989 | 510.3 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 639.8 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1991 | 697.2 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 594.1 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1993 | 693.2 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 657.1 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 632 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 661.5 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 607.9 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 610.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 626.7 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 634.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 667.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 756.6 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 760.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 725.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 702.5 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 813.4 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 710.6 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 763.6 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 840 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 730.9 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 710.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 747.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 778 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 775 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 683 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2016 | 747 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 780 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 797.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 783.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 724.5 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 797.7 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 715.4 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 875.2 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2024 | 754.8 kg/ha | -13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 470.78 kg/ha | 418.5 kg/ha | 531.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 562.21 kg/ha | 489.7 kg/ha | 631.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 586.2 kg/ha | 480.7 kg/ha | 678.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 641.98 kg/ha | 594.1 kg/ha | 697.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 737.47 kg/ha | 634.6 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 753.27 kg/ha | 683 kg/ha | 797.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 773.52 kg/ha | 715.4 kg/ha | 875.2 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — yield in Central America?
- Beans, dry — yield in Central America was 754.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 875.2 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 418.5 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Central America rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Central America ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 — 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.