Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Central America
Central America: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 8,960 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconuts, in shell — yield in Central America is 8,960 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Central America peaked at 13,912 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 5,306 kg/ha, in 1988.
Central America ranks 7th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,479 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,912 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 11,413 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1964 | 11,810 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 11,945 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 13,038 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 11,860 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 12,100 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 8,296 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1970 | 7,477 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1971 | 7,090 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 6,662 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 6,402 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 6,072 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 6,345 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 6,296 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 6,113 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 6,203 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 5,757 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 6,421 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 6,135 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 6,445 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 6,695 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 6,072 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 6,873 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 5,877 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1987 | 5,306 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1988 | 5,306 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,437 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1990 | 6,294 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 5,980 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 6,024 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 6,434 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 6,423 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 6,890 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 6,534 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 6,945 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 7,497 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 6,502 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 6,498 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 6,749 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 6,667 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 6,779 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 6,785 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 6,904 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 6,889 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 6,838 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 6,926 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 6,312 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 9,260 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2011 | 9,161 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 7,499 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2013 | 7,327 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 10,519 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 2015 | 8,770 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 8,783 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 9,254 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 9,274 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 8,730 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 8,605 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 8,655 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 8,916 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 8,716 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 8,960 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +46.7% | 6,312 kg/ha | 9,260 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +43.6% | 7,327 kg/ha | 10,519 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,984 kg/ha | 8,296 kg/ha | 13,912 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,442 kg/ha | 5,757 kg/ha | 7,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,157 kg/ha | 5,306 kg/ha | 6,873 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,552 kg/ha | 5,980 kg/ha | 7,497 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,735 kg/ha | 6,312 kg/ha | 6,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,858 kg/ha | 7,327 kg/ha | 10,519 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,770 kg/ha | 8,605 kg/ha | 8,960 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 4 Brazil 16,873 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 5,932 kg/ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 15,212 kg/ha compare
- 5 Micronesia 5,822 kg/ha compare
- 6 Peru 14,549 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 9,171 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 5,749 kg/ha compare
- 7 Costa Rica 14,108 kg/ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 13,902 kg/ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 13,455 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,279 kg/ha compare
- 10 Suriname 11,048 kg/ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 4,297 kg/ha compare
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- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value -0.7982 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — yield in Central America?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Central America was 8,960 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 13,912 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,306 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Central America rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Central America ranks 7th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — 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.