Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Central America
Central America: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,884 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Central America, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Central America is 1,884 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and down 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Central America peaked at 3,500 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 898.8 kg/ha, in 1985.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1,233 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 994.7 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 1,046 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 1,444 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1984 | 1,427 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 898.8 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 1986 | 970.6 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 916.9 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 1,117 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1989 | 1,743 kg/ha | +56.0% |
| 1990 | 1,608 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 1,551 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 1,585 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 1,762 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 1,785 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,318 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1996 | 1,339 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,303 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 1,299 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,260 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 1,242 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,726 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2002 | 1,774 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 1,910 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 2,035 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 2,025 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 2,373 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2007 | 2,060 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 2,104 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 3,056 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 2010 | 2,984 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 3,113 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 3,189 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,500 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 3,352 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 3,206 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 2,472 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2018 | 1,391 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 2019 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,404 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,513 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 1,675 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 1,752 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 1,884 kg/ha | +7.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +56.0% | 1,117 kg/ha | 1,743 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,179 kg/ha | 898.8 kg/ha | 1,743 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,481 kg/ha | 1,260 kg/ha | 1,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,030 kg/ha | 1,242 kg/ha | 3,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,781 kg/ha | 1,391 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,646 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | 1,884 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,179 kg/ha compare
- 1 Mexico 3,256 kg/ha compare
- 2 India 2,281 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,806 kg/ha compare
- 3 Cambodia 1,649 kg/ha compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,642 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,782 kg/ha compare
- 4 Philippines 1,644 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % 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)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Central America?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Central America was 1,884 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,500 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 898.8 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Central America rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Central America ranks 1st out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.2%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.