Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 6,980 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lentils, dry — 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 lentils, dry — area harvested in Central America is 6,980 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Central America peaked at 22,376 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 2,820 ha, in 2016.
That places Central America 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,447 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,819 ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 5,989 ha | +24.3% |
| 1964 | 6,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 6,111 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 6,161 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 5,994 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 6,365 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 5,931 ha | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 5,882 ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 6,908 ha | +17.4% |
| 1972 | 6,957 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 8,661 ha | +24.5% |
| 1974 | 8,746 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 9,275 ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 6,854 ha | -26.1% |
| 1977 | 6,935 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 7,899 ha | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 17,286 ha | +118.8% |
| 1980 | 11,415 ha | -34.0% |
| 1981 | 14,822 ha | +29.8% |
| 1982 | 22,376 ha | +51.0% |
| 1983 | 12,394 ha | -44.6% |
| 1984 | 21,059 ha | +69.9% |
| 1985 | 6,637 ha | -68.5% |
| 1986 | 11,531 ha | +73.7% |
| 1987 | 11,654 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 5,921 ha | -49.2% |
| 1989 | 12,140 ha | +105.0% |
| 1990 | 10,293 ha | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 13,302 ha | +29.2% |
| 1992 | 9,414 ha | -29.2% |
| 1993 | 12,765 ha | +35.6% |
| 1994 | 11,950 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 11,127 ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 8,886 ha | -20.1% |
| 1997 | 8,755 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 6,620 ha | -24.4% |
| 1999 | 8,920 ha | +34.7% |
| 2000 | 9,038 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 3,307 ha | -63.4% |
| 2002 | 6,971 ha | +110.8% |
| 2003 | 5,865 ha | -15.9% |
| 2004 | 8,269 ha | +41.0% |
| 2005 | 8,650 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 6,791 ha | -21.5% |
| 2007 | 7,810 ha | +15.0% |
| 2008 | 8,291 ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 6,611 ha | -20.3% |
| 2010 | 3,889 ha | -41.2% |
| 2011 | 6,821 ha | +75.4% |
| 2012 | 5,980 ha | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 5,479 ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 8,703 ha | +58.8% |
| 2015 | 8,163 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 2,820 ha | -65.5% |
| 2017 | 8,550 ha | +203.2% |
| 2018 | 8,080 ha | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 8,204 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 9,293 ha | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 9,062 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 7,426 ha | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 7,514 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 6,980 ha | -7.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +203.2% | 2,820 ha | 8,550 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,763 ha | 4,447 ha | 6,365 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,540 ha | 5,882 ha | 17,286 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,995 ha | 5,921 ha | 22,376 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,203 ha | 6,620 ha | 13,302 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,160 ha | 3,307 ha | 9,038 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,669 ha | 2,820 ha | 8,703 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,055 ha | 6,980 ha | 9,293 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Central America?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Central America was 6,980 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 22,376 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,820 ha in 2016.
- How does Central America rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lentils, dry — 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.