Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Central America
Central America: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 1,042 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Central America is 1,042 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Central America peaked at 2,020 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 601 kg/ha, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 857.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 861.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 861.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 864.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 864.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 868.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 846.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 850 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 829.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 814 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 818.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 822.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 830.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 830.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 810.5 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 788.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 788.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 820.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 820.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 788.6 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 911.6 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1984 | 783.9 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1985 | 1,037 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1986 | 892.9 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1987 | 837.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 761.4 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 646.5 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1990 | 962.9 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1991 | 944.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 862.1 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 859.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 838.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 601 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1996 | 656 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 687.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 732.3 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 826.4 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 921.9 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2001 | 919.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,319 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 2003 | 896 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2004 | 1,020 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 1,222 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2006 | 1,102 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 1,074 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 1,284 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2009 | 1,351 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1,372 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1,503 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 1,728 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2013 | 1,744 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 2,020 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2015 | 1,620 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2016 | 1,418 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 1,440 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,487 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 1,489 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,724 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 1,702 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,138 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2023 | 1,040 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 1,042 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cashew nuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +48.9% | 646.5 kg/ha | 962.9 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +43.5% | 919.1 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 858.98 kg/ha | 846.2 kg/ha | 868.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 816.49 kg/ha | 788.4 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 829.99 kg/ha | 646.5 kg/ha | 1,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 797.09 kg/ha | 601 kg/ha | 962.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,111 kg/ha | 896 kg/ha | 1,351 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,582 kg/ha | 1,372 kg/ha | 2,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,329 kg/ha | 1,040 kg/ha | 1,724 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Central America?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Central America was 1,042 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,020 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 601 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Central America rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Central America ranks 3rd out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. 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 — 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.