Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 49,215 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Panama stood at 49,215 ha.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Panama peaked at 63,832 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 12,026 ha, in 1961.
That places Panama 101st out of 191 countries 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.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,026 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,026 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 12,026 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13,026 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 13,031 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,031 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13,036 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 21,041 ha | +61.4% |
| 1969 | 23,047 ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 21,035 ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 21,040 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 21,051 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 21,085 ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 21,137 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 21,665 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 21,675 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21,755 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 21,803 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 21,795 ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 22,241 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 22,815 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 23,320 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 23,340 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 23,420 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 32,780 ha | +40.0% |
| 1986 | 33,010 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 33,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 33,983 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 35,738 ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 37,849 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 36,417 ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 37,967 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 37,708 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 35,889 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 35,853 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 36,608 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 35,953 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 38,983 ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 37,311 ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 32,458 ha | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 34,825 ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 34,528 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 36,906 ha | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 40,729 ha | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 47,324 ha | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 50,724 ha | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 54,679 ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 54,648 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 36,549 ha | -33.1% |
| 2010 | 28,673 ha | -21.5% |
| 2011 | 48,086 ha | +67.7% |
| 2012 | 45,710 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 49,226 ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 53,342 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 53,797 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 56,864 ha | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 56,614 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 54,016 ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 60,034 ha | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 55,895 ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 63,832 ha | +14.2% |
| 2022 | 45,258 ha | -29.1% |
| 2023 | 47,073 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 49,215 ha | +4.6% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 49,215 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 2.6× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Panama's 49,215 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +67.7% | 28,673 ha | 48,086 ha |
| 1968 | +61.4% | 13,036 ha | 21,041 ha |
| 1985 | +40.0% | 23,420 ha | 32,780 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,699 ha | 12,026 ha | 23,047 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,404 ha | 21,035 ha | 21,803 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,385 ha | 22,241 ha | 35,738 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,054 ha | 35,853 ha | 38,983 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,337 ha | 32,458 ha | 54,679 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,636 ha | 28,673 ha | 60,034 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,255 ha | 45,258 ha | 63,832 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.3777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1446 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1155 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4747 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Panama?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Panama was 49,215 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 63,832 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,026 ha in 1961.
- How does Panama rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — 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.