Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Americas
Americas: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 3,940 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Americas, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 3,940 kg/ha for locust beans (carobs) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 237.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Americas peaked at 7,035 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 2005.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 895.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 2,143 kg/ha | +139.2% |
| 1982 | 2,557 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1983 | 2,857 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 2,071 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1985 | 1,100 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 1988 | 600 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 1989 | 642.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 671.4 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 842.9 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1992 | 1,614 kg/ha | +91.5% |
| 1993 | 928.6 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1994 | 1,114 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 971.4 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 771.4 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1997 | 614.3 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1998 | 1,071 kg/ha | +74.4% |
| 1999 | 1,114 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 614.3 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2001 | 571.4 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 1,200 kg/ha | +110.0% |
| 2005 | 500 kg/ha | -58.3% |
| 2006 | 714.3 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 2007 | 500 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2008 | 1,304 kg/ha | +160.7% |
| 2010 | 1,000 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2011 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,167 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 3,947 kg/ha | +238.3% |
| 2019 | 3,950 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,902 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,919 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 7,035 kg/ha | +79.5% |
| 2023 | 3,185 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 2024 | 3,940 kg/ha | +23.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +238.3% | 1,167 kg/ha | 3,947 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,608 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 971.43 kg/ha | 614.3 kg/ha | 1,614 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 771.94 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 2,213 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3,950 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2020s | 4,396 kg/ha | 3,185 kg/ha | 7,035 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — yield in Americas?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Americas was 3,940 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 7,035 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Americas rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 237.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — 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.