Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 3,775 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Central America is 3,775 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Central America peaked at 8,955 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1,750 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,850 ha | 1,750 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,234 ha | 2,050 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,406 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,280 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,124 ha | 3,911 ha | 8,955 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,802 ha | 6,206 ha | 7,211 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,671 ha | 3,644 ha | 6,178 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,965 ha | 3,695 ha | 4,214 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 11 Guinea 34,475 ha compare
- 12 Philippines 26,078 ha compare
- 13 Kenya 24,246 ha compare
- 14 Senegal 23,152 ha compare
- 15 Gambia, The 20,945 ha compare
- 16 Madagascar, Republic of 15,866 ha compare
- 17 Sri Lanka 15,747 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 32,019 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Central America?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Central America was 3,775 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 8,955 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,750 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.