Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 37,329 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse 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 37,329 ha for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Central America peaked at 81,347 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 25,110 ha, in 1997.
Central America ranks 18th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,065 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55,837 ha | +11.5% |
| 1963 | 65,166 ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 64,684 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 65,331 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 63,203 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 60,732 ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 57,533 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 68,197 ha | +18.5% |
| 1970 | 67,735 ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 78,905 ha | +16.5% |
| 1972 | 81,347 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 75,636 ha | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 62,564 ha | -17.3% |
| 1975 | 63,241 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 72,745 ha | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 77,096 ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 67,022 ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 52,391 ha | -21.8% |
| 1980 | 60,446 ha | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 48,800 ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 61,741 ha | +26.5% |
| 1983 | 48,395 ha | -21.6% |
| 1984 | 55,915 ha | +15.5% |
| 1985 | 55,906 ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 46,263 ha | -17.2% |
| 1987 | 41,634 ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 42,406 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 37,811 ha | -10.8% |
| 1990 | 36,757 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 40,809 ha | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 40,524 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 28,350 ha | -30.0% |
| 1994 | 29,866 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 39,699 ha | +32.9% |
| 1996 | 28,943 ha | -27.1% |
| 1997 | 25,110 ha | -13.2% |
| 1998 | 26,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 33,096 ha | +26.3% |
| 2000 | 41,062 ha | +24.1% |
| 2001 | 39,315 ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 42,683 ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 39,582 ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 34,459 ha | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 35,066 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 36,394 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 42,251 ha | +16.1% |
| 2008 | 41,779 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 39,116 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 41,061 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 35,857 ha | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 43,968 ha | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 46,086 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 47,993 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 48,427 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 45,866 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 43,051 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 42,925 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 41,740 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 45,082 ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 44,495 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 38,312 ha | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 37,907 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 37,329 ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,194 ha | 50,065 ha | 68,197 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,868 ha | 52,391 ha | 81,347 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,932 ha | 37,811 ha | 61,741 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,935 ha | 25,110 ha | 40,809 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,171 ha | 34,459 ha | 42,683 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,697 ha | 35,857 ha | 48,427 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,625 ha | 37,329 ha | 45,082 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Central America?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Central America was 37,329 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 81,347 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,110 ha in 1997.
- How does Central America rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse 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.