Fruit Primary — Production in Central America

Central America: Fruit Primary — Production was 40.92 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
40.92 million t
Change on year
down 1.5%
Rank
15th
of 29 groups
All-time high
41.55 million t
in 2023
All-time low
5.76 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Production in Central America, 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, fruit primary — production in Central America stood at 40.92 million t.

That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Central America peaked at 41.55 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.76 million t, in 1961.

Central America ranks 15th of 29 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.

Fruit Primary — Production in Central America, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Production in Central America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 5.76 million t —
1962 6.28 million t +9.0%
1963 6.64 million t +5.7%
1964 6.89 million t +3.8%
1965 7.88 million t +14.4%
1966 8.46 million t +7.4%
1967 8.87 million t +4.8%
1968 9.65 million t +8.8%
1969 9.73 million t +0.8%
1970 9.89 million t +1.6%
1971 11.32 million t +14.4%
1972 11.32 million t +0.0%
1973 11.73 million t +3.6%
1974 11.28 million t -3.8%
1975 11.14 million t -1.2%
1976 11.88 million t +6.7%
1977 12.41 million t +4.5%
1978 13.47 million t +8.5%
1979 13.38 million t -0.7%
1980 13.99 million t +4.6%
1981 14.61 million t +4.4%
1982 15.73 million t +7.7%
1983 14.83 million t -5.7%
1984 15.60 million t +5.2%
1985 15.47 million t -0.8%
1986 15.76 million t +1.8%
1987 16.33 million t +3.6%
1988 16.72 million t +2.4%
1989 17.45 million t +4.3%
1990 17.68 million t +1.3%
1991 17.83 million t +0.9%
1992 18.85 million t +5.7%
1993 19.00 million t +0.8%
1994 20.02 million t +5.4%
1995 20.84 million t +4.1%
1996 22.26 million t +6.8%
1997 22.42 million t +0.7%
1998 21.85 million t -2.5%
1999 22.76 million t +4.1%
2000 23.69 million t +4.1%
2001 24.92 million t +5.2%
2002 25.32 million t +1.6%
2003 26.03 million t +2.8%
2004 27.45 million t +5.5%
2005 28.10 million t +2.4%
2006 29.49 million t +5.0%
2007 29.98 million t +1.6%
2008 30.17 million t +0.7%
2009 29.90 million t -0.9%
2010 29.95 million t +0.2%
2011 31.51 million t +5.2%
2012 32.00 million t +1.6%
2013 33.76 million t +5.5%
2014 34.26 million t +1.5%
2015 35.39 million t +3.3%
2016 37.52 million t +6.0%
2017 39.11 million t +4.3%
2018 40.08 million t +2.5%
2019 39.39 million t -1.7%
2020 40.03 million t +1.6%
2021 40.46 million t +1.1%
2022 40.94 million t +1.2%
2023 41.55 million t +1.5%
2024 40.92 million t -1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 7.80 million t 5.76 million t 9.73 million t 9
1970s 11.78 million t 9.89 million t 13.47 million t 10
1980s 15.65 million t 13.99 million t 17.45 million t 10
1990s 20.35 million t 17.68 million t 22.76 million t 10
2000s 27.51 million t 23.69 million t 30.17 million t 10
2010s 35.30 million t 29.95 million t 40.08 million t 10
2020s 40.78 million t 40.03 million t 41.55 million t 5

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 12 Nigeria 15.81 million t compare
  2. 12 Syrian Arab Republic 2.00 million t compare
  3. 13 Colombia 11.97 million t compare
  4. 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.82 million t compare
  5. 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.54 million t compare
  6. 14 Uganda 11.90 million t compare
  7. 15 Ecuador 9.92 million t compare
  8. 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.21 million t compare
  9. 16 Republic of Moldova 1.01 million t compare
  10. 16 Thailand 9.92 million t compare
  11. 17 Dominican Republic 9.23 million t compare
  12. 17 Polynesia 70,967 t compare
  13. 18 South Africa 8.47 million t compare
  14. 18 Timor-Leste 17,791 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — production in Central America?
Fruit primary — production in Central America was 40.92 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Central America?
The highest recorded value was 41.55 million t in 2023.
What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 5.76 million t in 1961.
How does Central America rank for fruit primary — production?
Central America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Central America?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. 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 Fruit Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fruit Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 14,012 data points, 1961–2024
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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.