Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Central America
Central America: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield was 2,528 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 2,528 kg/ha for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Central America peaked at 5,986 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 2,528 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Central America 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,471 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,670 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 5,126 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1967 | 5,109 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 5,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,100 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 5,244 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 5,520 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 5,490 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 5,489 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 5,489 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,512 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 5,488 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 5,513 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 5,405 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 2,972 kg/ha | -45.0% |
| 1982 | 5,556 kg/ha | +86.9% |
| 1983 | 5,625 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 5,333 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 5,357 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 5,986 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 4,263 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1988 | 5,338 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1989 | 4,987 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 5,230 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 4,250 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1992 | 4,808 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 2,599 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1994 | 2,591 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 4,699 kg/ha | +81.4% |
| 1996 | 3,198 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1997 | 2,627 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1998 | 2,851 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 5,150 kg/ha | +80.6% |
| 2000 | 5,180 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 4,531 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 4,735 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 4,496 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 4,169 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 3,293 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2006 | 3,459 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 3,653 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 3,333 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 3,427 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 3,081 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 2,886 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 2,862 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 2,731 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 3,054 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 3,114 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 3,122 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,982 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 2,844 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 2,852 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,996 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 2,995 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,698 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 2,852 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 2,528 kg/ha | -11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,343 kg/ha | 5,100 kg/ha | 5,670 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,474 kg/ha | 5,244 kg/ha | 5,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,082 kg/ha | 2,972 kg/ha | 5,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,800 kg/ha | 2,591 kg/ha | 5,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,028 kg/ha | 3,293 kg/ha | 5,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,953 kg/ha | 2,731 kg/ha | 3,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,814 kg/ha | 2,528 kg/ha | 2,996 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Central America?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Central America was 2,528 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 5,986 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,528 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Central America rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. 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, green — 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.