Cereal production (metric tons), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Cereal production (metric tons), per capita was 0.391 metric tons per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal production (metric tons), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per person.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 0.391 metric tons per person for cereal production (metric tons), per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal production (metric tons), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.4693 metric tons per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2144 metric tons per person, in 1962.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereal production (metric tons), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | metric tons per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2158 metric tons per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2144 metric tons per person | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.2307 metric tons per person | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 0.2511 metric tons per person | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 0.2355 metric tons per person | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 0.2358 metric tons per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.2506 metric tons per person | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 0.2349 metric tons per person | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 0.2396 metric tons per person | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2581 metric tons per person | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 0.2559 metric tons per person | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.2345 metric tons per person | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 0.2534 metric tons per person | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 0.2572 metric tons per person | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.2584 metric tons per person | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.2736 metric tons per person | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 0.2652 metric tons per person | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 0.2584 metric tons per person | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2453 metric tons per person | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2535 metric tons per person | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 0.2917 metric tons per person | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2912 metric tons per person | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2688 metric tons per person | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2796 metric tons per person | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 0.283 metric tons per person | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.2649 metric tons per person | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 0.2752 metric tons per person | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 0.2598 metric tons per person | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 0.2479 metric tons per person | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 0.226 metric tons per person | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 0.2323 metric tons per person | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 0.263 metric tons per person | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2533 metric tons per person | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2598 metric tons per person | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.2623 metric tons per person | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2622 metric tons per person | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2717 metric tons per person | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2629 metric tons per person | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2668 metric tons per person | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.2721 metric tons per person | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2926 metric tons per person | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2643 metric tons per person | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3077 metric tons per person | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3008 metric tons per person | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2815 metric tons per person | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2843 metric tons per person | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3252 metric tons per person | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3337 metric tons per person | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.287 metric tons per person | -14.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3355 metric tons per person | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 0.3295 metric tons per person | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.3431 metric tons per person | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3814 metric tons per person | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.3876 metric tons per person | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3876 metric tons per person | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3778 metric tons per person | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4435 metric tons per person | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4052 metric tons per person | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4525 metric tons per person | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4589 metric tons per person | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.4478 metric tons per person | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4642 metric tons per person | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.4693 metric tons per person | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.391 metric tons per person | -16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2343 metric tons per person | 0.2144 metric tons per person | 0.2511 metric tons per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.256 metric tons per person | 0.2345 metric tons per person | 0.2736 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2716 metric tons per person | 0.2479 metric tons per person | 0.2917 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.256 metric tons per person | 0.226 metric tons per person | 0.2717 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2949 metric tons per person | 0.2643 metric tons per person | 0.3337 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3844 metric tons per person | 0.3295 metric tons per person | 0.4525 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4463 metric tons per person | 0.391 metric tons per person | 0.4693 metric tons per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 3 Argentina 1.88 metric tons per person compare
- 4 Serbia 1.64 metric tons per person compare
- 5 Bulgaria 1.6 metric tons per person compare
- 6 Canada 1.48 metric tons per person compare
- 7 Ukraine 1.47 metric tons per person compare
- 8 Latvia 1.44 metric tons per person compare
- 9 United States 1.34 metric tons per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 761.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population 116.59 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 477.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 18.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.186 units per person (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal production (metric tons), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Cereal production (metric tons), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.391 metric tons per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereal production (metric tons), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4693 metric tons per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal production (metric tons), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2144 metric tons per person in 1962.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for cereal production (metric tons), per capita?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereal production (metric tons), per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereal production (metric tons), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereal production (metric tons) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereal production (metric tons) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereal production FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereal production (metric tons) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.