Fruit Primary — Production in Central America
Central America: Fruit Primary — Production was 40.92 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 12 Nigeria 15.81 million t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 2.00 million t compare
- 13 Colombia 11.97 million t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.82 million t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.54 million t compare
- 14 Uganda 11.90 million t compare
- 15 Ecuador 9.92 million t compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.21 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 1.01 million t compare
- 16 Thailand 9.92 million t compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 9.23 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 70,967 t compare
- 18 South Africa 8.47 million t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 17,791 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -6.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6939 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
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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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.