Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 93,025 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Central America is 93,025 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Central America peaked at 116,208 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 45,976 ha, in 1973.
Central America ranks 17th of 27 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75,370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,706 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 75,337 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 76,077 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 60,968 ha | -19.9% |
| 1966 | 63,105 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 60,197 ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 64,713 ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 54,176 ha | -16.3% |
| 1970 | 65,199 ha | +20.3% |
| 1971 | 60,564 ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 51,832 ha | -14.4% |
| 1973 | 45,976 ha | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 51,886 ha | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 66,677 ha | +28.5% |
| 1976 | 48,203 ha | -27.7% |
| 1977 | 50,349 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 80,272 ha | +59.4% |
| 1979 | 69,335 ha | -13.6% |
| 1980 | 74,667 ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 91,409 ha | +22.4% |
| 1982 | 66,985 ha | -26.7% |
| 1983 | 89,053 ha | +32.9% |
| 1984 | 91,422 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 103,894 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 89,752 ha | -13.6% |
| 1987 | 82,842 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 91,395 ha | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 93,898 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 86,367 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 96,280 ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 97,289 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 74,328 ha | -23.6% |
| 1994 | 81,922 ha | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 80,027 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 96,940 ha | +21.1% |
| 1997 | 111,148 ha | +14.7% |
| 1998 | 109,478 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 115,522 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 116,208 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 102,935 ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 80,237 ha | -22.1% |
| 2003 | 75,418 ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 94,484 ha | +25.3% |
| 2005 | 80,968 ha | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 74,064 ha | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 83,549 ha | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 93,818 ha | +12.3% |
| 2009 | 86,870 ha | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 88,438 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 100,103 ha | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 99,314 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 105,832 ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 105,124 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 114,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 101,234 ha | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 107,655 ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 101,352 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 87,020 ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 107,687 ha | +23.7% |
| 2021 | 108,471 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 101,168 ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 98,770 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 93,025 ha | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,294 ha | 54,176 ha | 76,077 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,029 ha | 45,976 ha | 80,272 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 87,532 ha | 66,985 ha | 103,894 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,930 ha | 74,328 ha | 115,522 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88,855 ha | 74,064 ha | 116,208 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 101,007 ha | 87,020 ha | 114,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 101,824 ha | 93,025 ha | 108,471 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 14 Cameroon 540,000 ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,514 ha compare
- 15 Mali 526,150 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 ha compare
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 400,000 ha compare
- 18 Ghana 370,000 ha compare
- 19 Angola 369,237 ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 50,979 ha compare
- 20 Uganda 330,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Central America?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Central America was 93,025 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 116,208 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,976 ha in 1973.
- How does Central America rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.