Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Central America
Central America: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield was 1,483 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse 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 broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Central America is 1,483 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Central America peaked at 1,854 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 498.7 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Central America 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 621.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 659.9 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 690.7 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 701.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 706.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 722.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 745.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 707.4 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 538.7 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1970 | 554.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 594.8 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 576.6 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 600.8 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 498.7 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1975 | 724.4 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1976 | 719.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 523.8 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1978 | 829.1 kg/ha | +58.3% |
| 1979 | 1,492 kg/ha | +79.9% |
| 1980 | 1,515 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 559.2 kg/ha | -63.1% |
| 1982 | 1,057 kg/ha | +89.0% |
| 1983 | 943.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 1,299 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1985 | 1,854 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 1986 | 541.7 kg/ha | -70.8% |
| 1987 | 623.1 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1988 | 688.8 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 814.4 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 798.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 929.9 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1992 | 851.4 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 710.5 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1994 | 685.2 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 751.9 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 762.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 775.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 793.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 678.2 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 754.5 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 850 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 971.8 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 1,029 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 994.3 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 1,019 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 1,060 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1,056 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1,118 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 968.3 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 1,017 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 917.8 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 1,094 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 1,281 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 1,239 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 1,280 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 1,410 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 1,384 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,486 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 1,370 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1,413 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 1,468 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 1,341 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 1,487 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 1,483 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Central America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +89.0% | 559.2 kg/ha | 1,057 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +79.9% | 829.1 kg/ha | 1,492 kg/ha |
| 1986 | -70.8% | 1,854 kg/ha | 541.7 kg/ha |
| 1981 | -63.1% | 1,515 kg/ha | 559.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 677.08 kg/ha | 538.7 kg/ha | 745.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 711.43 kg/ha | 498.7 kg/ha | 1,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 989.6 kg/ha | 541.7 kg/ha | 1,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 773.67 kg/ha | 678.2 kg/ha | 929.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 982.07 kg/ha | 754.5 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,248 kg/ha | 917.8 kg/ha | 1,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,439 kg/ha | 1,341 kg/ha | 1,487 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Central America?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Central America was 1,483 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,854 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 498.7 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Central America rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, dry — 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.