Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Americas

Americas: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 474 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
474 kg/ha
Change on year
up 13.5%
Rank
13th
of 15 groups
All-time high
577.8 kg/ha
in 1973
All-time low
112 kg/ha
in 1998
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024

100200300400500600196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

In 2024, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Americas stood at 474 kg/ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.5% on the previous year and up 142.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Americas peaked at 577.8 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 112 kg/ha, in 1998.

Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Americas, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 230.8 kg/ha —
1962 238.1 kg/ha +3.2%
1963 228.5 kg/ha -4.0%
1964 187.7 kg/ha -17.9%
1965 244.2 kg/ha +30.1%
1966 213.8 kg/ha -12.4%
1967 336.6 kg/ha +57.4%
1968 352.7 kg/ha +4.8%
1969 336.6 kg/ha -4.6%
1970 274 kg/ha -18.6%
1971 290.8 kg/ha +6.1%
1972 407.6 kg/ha +40.2%
1973 577.8 kg/ha +41.8%
1974 431.9 kg/ha -25.3%
1975 205.3 kg/ha -52.5%
1976 314.6 kg/ha +53.2%
1977 456 kg/ha +44.9%
1978 509.2 kg/ha +11.7%
1979 394.8 kg/ha -22.5%
1980 418.7 kg/ha +6.1%
1981 376.4 kg/ha -10.1%
1982 353.7 kg/ha -6.0%
1983 399.2 kg/ha +12.9%
1984 239.4 kg/ha -40.0%
1985 319.3 kg/ha +33.4%
1986 299.7 kg/ha -6.1%
1987 176.8 kg/ha -41.0%
1988 288.6 kg/ha +63.2%
1989 271.5 kg/ha -5.9%
1990 194.3 kg/ha -28.4%
1991 306.3 kg/ha +57.6%
1992 174.3 kg/ha -43.1%
1993 125.8 kg/ha -27.8%
1994 237.9 kg/ha +89.1%
1995 281 kg/ha +18.1%
1996 326.6 kg/ha +16.2%
1997 236.2 kg/ha -27.7%
1998 112 kg/ha -52.6%
1999 262.6 kg/ha +134.5%
2000 236.7 kg/ha -9.9%
2001 219.6 kg/ha -7.2%
2002 274.4 kg/ha +25.0%
2003 289.6 kg/ha +5.5%
2004 294.8 kg/ha +1.8%
2005 244.1 kg/ha -17.2%
2006 365.4 kg/ha +49.7%
2007 217.2 kg/ha -40.6%
2008 348.5 kg/ha +60.5%
2009 314.3 kg/ha -9.8%
2010 157.7 kg/ha -49.8%
2011 321.7 kg/ha +104.0%
2012 127.1 kg/ha -60.5%
2013 176.2 kg/ha +38.6%
2014 195.5 kg/ha +11.0%
2015 198.8 kg/ha +1.7%
2016 157.7 kg/ha -20.7%
2017 294.7 kg/ha +86.9%
2018 340.9 kg/ha +15.7%
2019 342.7 kg/ha +0.5%
2020 344.2 kg/ha +0.4%
2021 400.1 kg/ha +16.2%
2022 522.6 kg/ha +30.6%
2023 417.8 kg/ha -20.1%
2024 474 kg/ha +13.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 263.22 kg/ha 187.7 kg/ha 352.7 kg/ha 9
1970s 386.2 kg/ha 205.3 kg/ha 577.8 kg/ha 10
1980s 314.33 kg/ha 176.8 kg/ha 418.7 kg/ha 10
1990s 225.7 kg/ha 112 kg/ha 326.6 kg/ha 10
2000s 280.46 kg/ha 217.2 kg/ha 365.4 kg/ha 10
2010s 231.3 kg/ha 127.1 kg/ha 342.7 kg/ha 10
2020s 431.74 kg/ha 344.2 kg/ha 522.6 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 10 Honduras 1,449 kg/ha compare
  2. 11 Burkina Faso 1,188 kg/ha compare
  3. 12 Belize 1,175 kg/ha compare
  4. 13 Sri Lanka 1,118 kg/ha compare
  5. 14 Mali 1,105 kg/ha compare
  6. 15 China 1,091 kg/ha compare
  7. 15 China, mainland 1,091 kg/ha compare
  8. 15 Caribbean 77.6 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Americas

All data for Americas →

Frequently asked questions

What is cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Americas?
Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Americas was 474 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 577.8 kg/ha in 1973.
What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 112 kg/ha in 1998.
How does Americas rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
Americas ranks 13th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 142.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Americas. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 02 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cashew-nuts-in-shell-yield/americas/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cashew-nuts-in-shell-yield/americas/">Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Americas</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
53 places, 2,799 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.