Dates — Yield in Central America
Central America: Dates — Yield was 7,190 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — 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 dates — yield in Central America is 7,190 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Central America peaked at 9,867 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1,162 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Central America 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,540 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,829 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 9,336 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1964 | 9,239 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 9,643 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 9,867 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 9,630 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 9,853 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 4,292 kg/ha | -56.4% |
| 1970 | 5,904 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1971 | 6,148 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 5,718 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 5,718 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,446 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 4,640 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1976 | 1,162 kg/ha | -74.9% |
| 1977 | 3,574 kg/ha | +207.5% |
| 1978 | 2,635 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1979 | 2,652 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 2,602 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 2,585 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 3,093 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1983 | 2,223 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1984 | 2,753 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1985 | 3,463 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1986 | 3,218 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 2,773 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 2,156 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1989 | 2,248 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 2,050 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 2,016 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 2,681 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1993 | 2,755 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 3,065 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 3,269 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 3,274 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,680 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1998 | 3,660 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1999 | 4,180 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 4,435 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 4,653 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 4,179 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 3,774 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 3,565 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 4,593 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2006 | 4,781 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 4,678 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 4,838 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 5,109 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 6,269 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2011 | 6,894 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 6,355 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 6,774 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 5,242 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2015 | 7,057 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2016 | 6,835 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 5,966 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 5,689 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 6,991 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2020 | 6,593 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 6,635 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 7,925 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 6,999 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2024 | 7,190 kg/ha | +2.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +207.5% | 1,162 kg/ha | 3,574 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -74.9% | 4,640 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,581 kg/ha | 4,292 kg/ha | 9,867 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,360 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha | 6,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,711 kg/ha | 2,156 kg/ha | 3,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,963 kg/ha | 2,016 kg/ha | 4,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,460 kg/ha | 3,565 kg/ha | 5,109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,407 kg/ha | 5,242 kg/ha | 7,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,068 kg/ha | 6,593 kg/ha | 7,925 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 9 Sudan 11,955 kg/ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 11,908 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mali 8,896 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Arab Emirates 8,572 kg/ha compare
- 13 Palestine 8,251 kg/ha compare
- 14 Algeria 7,600 kg/ha compare
- 15 Saudi Arabia 7,482 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % 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)
- 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 dates — yield in Central America?
- Dates — yield in Central America was 7,190 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 9,867 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,162 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Central America rank for dates — yield?
- Central America ranks 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.2%. 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 Dates — 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.