Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 18,868 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Central America stood at 18,868 ha.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Central America peaked at 19,896 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,220 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 24th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,220 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,340 ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 1,460 ha | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 1,460 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,570 ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 1,570 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,710 ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 1,875 ha | +9.6% |
| 1969 | 2,005 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 1,970 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 2,071 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 2,385 ha | +15.2% |
| 1973 | 2,660 ha | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 3,330 ha | +25.2% |
| 1975 | 3,350 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 3,654 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 3,999 ha | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 3,987 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 4,696 ha | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 3,167 ha | -32.6% |
| 1981 | 2,907 ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 5,253 ha | +80.7% |
| 1983 | 4,797 ha | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 6,552 ha | +36.6% |
| 1985 | 4,613 ha | -29.6% |
| 1986 | 7,245 ha | +57.1% |
| 1987 | 6,656 ha | -8.1% |
| 1988 | 8,174 ha | +22.8% |
| 1989 | 8,052 ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 8,604 ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 9,385 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 10,189 ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 10,993 ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 9,111 ha | -17.1% |
| 1995 | 10,119 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 11,391 ha | +12.6% |
| 1997 | 14,776 ha | +29.7% |
| 1998 | 16,410 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 19,147 ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 19,544 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 17,139 ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 17,506 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 15,367 ha | -12.2% |
| 2004 | 17,718 ha | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 16,674 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 19,348 ha | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 19,236 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 19,107 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 18,915 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 18,920 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19,896 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 17,755 ha | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 17,759 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17,757 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 16,806 ha | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 17,018 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 16,978 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 16,524 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 17,152 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 17,770 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 17,379 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 18,613 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 18,633 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 18,868 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,579 ha | 1,220 ha | 2,005 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,210 ha | 1,970 ha | 4,696 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,742 ha | 2,907 ha | 8,174 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,012 ha | 8,604 ha | 19,147 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,055 ha | 15,367 ha | 19,544 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,656 ha | 16,524 ha | 19,896 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,253 ha | 17,379 ha | 18,868 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Central America?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Central America was 18,868 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 19,896 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,220 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. 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.