Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 41,327 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Central America stood at 41,327 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Central America peaked at 64,747 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 14,549 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,549 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,820 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 15,207 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 15,752 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 16,425 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 16,641 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 17,583 ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 18,682 ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 19,161 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 19,988 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 20,444 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 20,591 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 21,362 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 21,990 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 22,408 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 23,408 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 24,529 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 21,784 ha | -11.2% |
| 1979 | 21,358 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 17,681 ha | -17.2% |
| 1981 | 20,462 ha | +15.7% |
| 1982 | 20,842 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 20,995 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 22,189 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 21,370 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 21,106 ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 20,959 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 21,660 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 21,792 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 23,781 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 23,206 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 22,461 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 20,379 ha | -9.3% |
| 1994 | 21,849 ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 24,018 ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 20,883 ha | -13.1% |
| 1997 | 20,137 ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 22,673 ha | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 30,628 ha | +35.1% |
| 2000 | 27,374 ha | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 28,402 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 31,241 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 29,439 ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 32,115 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 42,405 ha | +32.0% |
| 2006 | 39,144 ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 36,012 ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 35,823 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 38,364 ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 30,935 ha | -19.4% |
| 2011 | 34,588 ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 64,747 ha | +87.2% |
| 2013 | 59,537 ha | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 46,971 ha | -21.1% |
| 2015 | 43,049 ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 46,235 ha | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 49,071 ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 45,185 ha | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 43,881 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 43,231 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 47,883 ha | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 38,444 ha | -19.7% |
| 2023 | 40,670 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 41,327 ha | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +87.2% | 34,588 ha | 64,747 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,536 ha | 14,549 ha | 19,161 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,786 ha | 19,988 ha | 24,529 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,906 ha | 17,681 ha | 22,189 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,002 ha | 20,137 ha | 30,628 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,032 ha | 27,374 ha | 42,405 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,420 ha | 30,935 ha | 64,747 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,311 ha | 38,444 ha | 47,883 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 12 Guinea 336,706 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,850 ha compare
- 12 Caribbean 324,084 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 810 ha compare
- 13 Togo 333,367 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 810 ha compare
- 14 Madagascar 322,141 ha compare
- 15 China 310,183 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 707 ha compare
- 16 China, mainland 309,857 ha compare
- 17 Benin 298,564 ha compare
- 18 Cabo Verde 265 ha compare
- 18 Zambia 267,331 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Central America?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Central America was 41,327 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 64,747 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,549 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 15th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.