Lentils, dry — Yield in Central America
Central America: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — 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 lentils, dry — yield in Central America is 1,162 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Central America peaked at 1,964 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 285.8 kg/ha, in 2013.
Central America ranks 12th of 24 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.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 836.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 887.3 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 879.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 885 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 890 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 900 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 873 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 864.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 658.9 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1970 | 711.8 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 873.9 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1972 | 722.9 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1973 | 885.3 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1974 | 727.6 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1975 | 859.3 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1976 | 570 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1977 | 935.8 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1978 | 1,010 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 731.8 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1980 | 979.8 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1981 | 840.6 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1982 | 922.9 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 822.9 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 920.7 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 846.3 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 1,048 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 1,024 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 904.1 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 1,717 kg/ha | +89.9% |
| 1990 | 1,964 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1991 | 919 kg/ha | -53.2% |
| 1992 | 715.6 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1993 | 760.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 845.9 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 1,034 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 927.6 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 923.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 446.2 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 1999 | 968.7 kg/ha | +117.1% |
| 2000 | 1,022 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 868.8 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 1,222 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 2003 | 683.4 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 2004 | 802 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 891.4 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 1,032 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 1,157 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 984.4 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 982.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 697.4 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2011 | 1,206 kg/ha | +72.9% |
| 2012 | 862.4 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2013 | 285.8 kg/ha | -66.9% |
| 2014 | 983.1 kg/ha | +244.0% |
| 2015 | 526.6 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 2016 | 748.4 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 2017 | 1,045 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 2018 | 1,109 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,154 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,086 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 1,116 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1,484 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2023 | 1,119 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2024 | 1,162 kg/ha | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +244.0% | 285.8 kg/ha | 983.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 852.67 kg/ha | 658.9 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 802.85 kg/ha | 570 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,003 kg/ha | 822.9 kg/ha | 1,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 950.56 kg/ha | 446.2 kg/ha | 1,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 964.6 kg/ha | 683.4 kg/ha | 1,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 861.72 kg/ha | 285.8 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,086 kg/ha | 1,484 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Central America?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Central America was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,964 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 285.8 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Central America rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Central America ranks 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 Lentils, dry — Yield. 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.