Fruit Primary — Yield in Central America
Central America: Fruit Primary — Yield was 18,443 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — 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 fruit primary — yield in Central America is 18,443 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Central America peaked at 18,874 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13,530 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,530 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,848 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 13,985 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 14,060 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 15,518 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 15,831 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 15,461 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 16,259 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 16,046 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 15,021 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 15,436 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 15,127 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 15,147 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 14,687 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 14,046 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 14,902 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 14,787 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 15,399 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 15,476 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 14,970 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 15,112 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 15,652 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 14,849 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 15,982 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 15,075 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 14,826 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 15,093 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 14,872 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 15,687 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 15,446 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 14,808 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 14,601 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 14,255 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 14,758 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 14,893 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 15,228 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 15,237 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 14,477 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 14,691 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 15,274 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 15,501 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 15,858 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 15,622 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 16,256 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 16,335 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 16,860 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 16,382 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 16,285 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 16,276 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 16,234 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 16,595 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 16,880 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 17,564 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 17,770 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 17,808 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 18,325 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 18,826 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 18,873 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 18,400 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 18,577 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 18,586 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18,874 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 18,760 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 18,443 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,948 kg/ha | 13,530 kg/ha | 16,259 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,003 kg/ha | 14,046 kg/ha | 15,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,212 kg/ha | 14,826 kg/ha | 15,982 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,839 kg/ha | 14,255 kg/ha | 15,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,065 kg/ha | 15,274 kg/ha | 16,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,728 kg/ha | 16,234 kg/ha | 18,873 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,648 kg/ha | 18,443 kg/ha | 18,874 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 Guyana 38,100 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 18,882 kg/ha compare
- 2 Belgium-Luxembourg 37,654 kg/ha compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17,463 kg/ha compare
- 3 Costa Rica 34,518 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15,757 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 33,576 kg/ha compare
- 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 33,139 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 15,569 kg/ha compare
- 6 Martinique 31,328 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,650 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 31,261 kg/ha 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 — yield in Central America?
- Fruit primary — yield in Central America was 18,443 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 18,874 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,530 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Central America ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 — 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.