Carrots and turnips — Yield in Central America
Central America: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 28,684 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — yield in Central America stood at 28,684 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Central America peaked at 37,643 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 18,636 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Central America 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,721 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,492 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 36,301 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 36,301 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 36,369 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 37,643 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 35,906 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 34,560 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 32,918 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 33,553 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 34,345 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 30,702 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1973 | 28,594 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 27,681 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 28,201 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 29,249 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 18,636 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1978 | 20,892 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 23,168 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 22,302 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 20,146 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1982 | 21,424 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 22,584 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 24,524 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 23,558 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 22,962 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 23,489 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 21,930 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 23,504 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 23,851 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 24,223 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 25,029 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 26,665 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 24,886 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 23,427 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 22,958 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 23,753 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 22,840 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 22,979 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 23,221 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 24,684 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 25,094 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 26,551 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 25,707 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 26,453 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 25,008 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 26,578 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 25,932 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 26,287 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 25,266 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 26,944 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 26,562 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 27,103 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 26,488 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 27,405 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 27,926 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 28,596 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 28,778 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 29,181 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 29,054 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 28,285 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 28,494 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 28,097 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 28,684 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | -36.3% | 29,249 kg/ha | 18,636 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,913 kg/ha | 32,918 kg/ha | 37,643 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,502 kg/ha | 18,636 kg/ha | 34,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,642 kg/ha | 20,146 kg/ha | 24,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,061 kg/ha | 22,840 kg/ha | 26,665 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,551 kg/ha | 23,221 kg/ha | 26,578 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,425 kg/ha | 25,266 kg/ha | 29,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,523 kg/ha | 28,097 kg/ha | 29,054 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — yield in Central America?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Central America was 28,684 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 37,643 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,636 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Central America rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Central America ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.