Linseed — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Linseed — Area harvested was 8 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — 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 linseed — area harvested in Central America is 8 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 57.9% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Central America peaked at 26,910 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1997.
Central America ranks 23rd of 23 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Linseed — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,125 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,012 ha | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 18,010 ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 17,767 ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 18,141 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 18,502 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 15,695 ha | -15.2% |
| 1968 | 14,757 ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 11,381 ha | -22.9% |
| 1970 | 26,910 ha | +136.4% |
| 1971 | 26,825 ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 6,826 ha | -74.6% |
| 1973 | 9,843 ha | +44.2% |
| 1974 | 4,890 ha | -50.3% |
| 1975 | 15,974 ha | +226.7% |
| 1976 | 8,371 ha | -47.6% |
| 1977 | 12,233 ha | +46.1% |
| 1978 | 8,644 ha | -29.3% |
| 1979 | 7,097 ha | -17.9% |
| 1980 | 4,667 ha | -34.2% |
| 1981 | 2,721 ha | -41.7% |
| 1982 | 844 ha | -69.0% |
| 1983 | 950 ha | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 835 ha | -12.1% |
| 1985 | 584 ha | -30.1% |
| 1986 | 632 ha | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 416 ha | -34.2% |
| 1988 | 14 ha | -96.6% |
| 1989 | 142 ha | +914.3% |
| 1990 | 159 ha | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 60 ha | -62.3% |
| 1992 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 110 ha | +120.0% |
| 1994 | 8 ha | -92.7% |
| 1995 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 5 ha | -50.0% |
| 1997 | 2 ha | -60.0% |
| 1998 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 1999 | 10 ha | +233.3% |
| 2000 | 160 ha | +1500.0% |
| 2001 | 660 ha | +312.5% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | +51.5% |
| 2003 | 1,350 ha | +35.0% |
| 2004 | 2,900 ha | +114.8% |
| 2005 | 1,400 ha | -51.7% |
| 2006 | 8,500 ha | +507.1% |
| 2007 | 10,300 ha | +21.2% |
| 2008 | 7,300 ha | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 2,600 ha | -64.4% |
| 2010 | 3,600 ha | +38.5% |
| 2011 | 2,600 ha | -27.8% |
| 2012 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | -53.8% |
| 2014 | 5 ha | -99.6% |
| 2015 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2016 | 8 ha | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 4 ha | -50.0% |
| 2018 | 5 ha | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 9 ha | +80.0% |
| 2020 | 8 ha | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 19 ha | +90.0% |
| 2024 | 8 ha | -57.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +1500.0% | 10 ha | 160 ha |
| 1989 | +914.3% | 14 ha | 142 ha |
| 2006 | +507.1% | 1,400 ha | 8,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,043 ha | 11,381 ha | 20,125 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,761 ha | 4,890 ha | 26,910 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,180 ha | 14 ha | 4,667 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.7 ha | 2 ha | 159 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,617 ha | 160 ha | 10,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,004 ha | 4 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.6 ha | 8 ha | 19 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production -6.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in Central America?
- Linseed — area harvested in Central America was 8 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 26,910 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1997.
- How does Central America rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 23rd out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.