Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 804,329 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 804,329 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Central America peaked at 804,329 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 124,038 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 124,038 ha | — |
| 1962 | 133,611 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 136,032 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 141,084 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 154,614 ha | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 168,203 ha | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 209,359 ha | +24.5% |
| 1968 | 214,070 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 218,048 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 232,667 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 254,678 ha | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 257,533 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 273,750 ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 270,515 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 280,289 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 264,968 ha | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 279,039 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 279,923 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 285,671 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 293,742 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 307,301 ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 322,573 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 336,253 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 296,492 ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 274,813 ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 283,579 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 325,696 ha | +14.9% |
| 1988 | 315,116 ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 334,712 ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 340,245 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 357,941 ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 415,805 ha | +16.2% |
| 1993 | 442,675 ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 451,963 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 480,667 ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 529,734 ha | +10.2% |
| 1997 | 530,879 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 551,436 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 573,940 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 595,886 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 610,777 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 616,358 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 636,675 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 649,460 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 629,007 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 633,163 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 668,434 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 693,019 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 683,687 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 682,577 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 701,806 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 693,260 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 699,791 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 705,899 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 719,887 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 737,374 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 737,781 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 751,361 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 757,026 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 766,552 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 788,260 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 785,780 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 796,640 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 804,329 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,562 ha | 124,038 ha | 218,048 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 267,903 ha | 232,667 ha | 285,671 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 309,028 ha | 274,813 ha | 336,253 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 467,528 ha | 340,245 ha | 573,940 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 641,647 ha | 595,886 ha | 693,019 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 718,676 ha | 682,577 ha | 757,026 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 788,312 ha | 766,552 ha | 804,329 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.5695 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 167,359 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 4 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 12,410 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 3.52 million An (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.12 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 6,716 kg/ha (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals 5.49 million An (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 416,734 ha (2024)
- Oranges — Production 5.60 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Central America?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Central America was 804,329 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 804,329 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 124,038 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.