Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Central America
Central America: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 1,233 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Central America stood at 1,233 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 10.4% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Central America peaked at 1,574 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 597.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 10th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 597.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 638.9 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 669.3 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 710.8 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 718.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 720.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 708 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 765.7 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1969 | 744.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 770.2 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 802.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 800.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 810.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 840.6 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 809.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 838.7 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 855.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 875.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 878.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 941.6 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 895.3 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 829.3 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 883.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 856.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 808 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 716.9 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 935 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1988 | 893.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 815.5 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 832.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 780.7 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 740.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 728.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 728.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 770.1 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 841.8 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 1,026 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1998 | 946.9 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 900.4 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 1,241 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2001 | 900.7 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2002 | 902.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,072 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2004 | 1,160 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 1,078 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 1,298 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2007 | 1,215 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 1,325 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1,360 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1,354 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,289 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 1,462 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 1,414 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 1,470 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 1,375 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 1,413 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,539 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 1,560 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,411 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 1,457 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,574 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 1,477 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 1,377 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 1,233 kg/ha | -10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 697.07 kg/ha | 597.6 kg/ha | 765.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 828.2 kg/ha | 770.2 kg/ha | 878.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 857.54 kg/ha | 716.9 kg/ha | 941.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 829.52 kg/ha | 728.3 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,155 kg/ha | 900.7 kg/ha | 1,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,429 kg/ha | 1,289 kg/ha | 1,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,423 kg/ha | 1,233 kg/ha | 1,574 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 840 kg/ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 4,661 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 4,637 kg/ha compare
- 9 Italy 4,617 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bhutan 3,994 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 612 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 600.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 3,438 kg/ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 2,848 kg/ha compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Central America?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Central America was 1,233 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,574 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 597.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Central America ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield. 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.