Cereals, primary — Production in Central America
Central America: Cereals, primary — Production was 38.13 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Central America stood at 38.13 million t.
That represents a change of down 10.2% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Central America peaked at 43.91 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 10.22 million t, in 1961.
That places Central America 26th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.74 million t | 10.22 million t | 16.38 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18.75 million t | 16.75 million t | 22.17 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.46 million t | 23.54 million t | 31.10 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.87 million t | 27.51 million t | 33.46 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.94 million t | 32.00 million t | 41.08 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.18 million t | 33.52 million t | 43.91 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.29 million t | 38.13 million t | 42.46 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 23 Myanmar 30.13 million t compare
- 24 Nigeria 28.47 million t compare
- 25 Philippines 27.23 million t compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 24.57 million t compare
- 27 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.51 million t compare
- 28 Egypt 24.00 million t compare
- 29 Spain 20.86 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Central America?
- Cereals, primary — production in Central America was 38.13 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 43.91 million t in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.22 million t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Central America ranks 26th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. 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.