Cassava, fresh — Yield in Central America
Central America: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 12,040 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Central America stood at 12,040 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Central America peaked at 12,828 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,229 kg/ha, in 1980.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,773 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,825 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 6,852 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 6,948 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 7,065 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 7,142 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 7,084 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 7,314 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 7,147 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 7,483 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 7,630 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 7,840 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 7,323 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 7,295 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 7,301 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 7,435 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 7,088 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 6,750 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 6,901 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 6,229 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 6,459 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 7,279 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 8,037 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 7,699 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 7,784 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 8,049 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 8,487 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 9,080 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 9,132 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 8,570 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 9,542 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 9,985 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 10,646 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 12,247 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1995 | 9,579 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1996 | 9,445 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 8,936 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 9,104 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 8,086 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 7,940 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 9,449 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2002 | 8,358 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 9,051 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 7,932 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 6,839 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 7,236 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 8,267 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 8,639 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 9,594 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 9,535 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 10,892 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 8,607 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 9,063 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 9,405 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 11,439 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 9,453 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 9,421 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 9,209 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 9,596 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 9,848 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 10,292 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 12,828 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2023 | 12,632 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 12,040 kg/ha | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,017 kg/ha | 6,773 kg/ha | 7,314 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,305 kg/ha | 6,750 kg/ha | 7,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,824 kg/ha | 6,229 kg/ha | 9,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,614 kg/ha | 8,086 kg/ha | 12,247 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,330 kg/ha | 6,839 kg/ha | 9,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,662 kg/ha | 8,607 kg/ha | 11,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,528 kg/ha | 9,848 kg/ha | 12,828 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 4 Indonesia 28,230 kg/ha compare
- 4 Polynesia 15,986 kg/ha compare
- 5 Niger 26,681 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,026 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ghana 25,865 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 12,178 kg/ha compare
- 7 Malawi 25,500 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bahamas 25,020 kg/ha compare
- 9 Cambodia 23,840 kg/ha compare
- 10 Suriname 23,194 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Central America?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Central America was 12,040 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 12,828 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,229 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Central America rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Central America ranks 7th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. 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 — 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.