Oats — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Oats — Area harvested was 38,160 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — 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 oats — area harvested in Central America is 38,160 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 49.9% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Central America peaked at 134,208 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 20,353 ha, in 1995.
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.
Oats — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 84,517 ha | — |
| 1962 | 85,939 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 90,750 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 91,250 ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 91,830 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 77,611 ha | -15.5% |
| 1967 | 53,622 ha | -30.9% |
| 1968 | 42,265 ha | -21.2% |
| 1969 | 37,882 ha | -10.4% |
| 1970 | 53,917 ha | +42.3% |
| 1971 | 54,810 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 41,574 ha | -24.1% |
| 1973 | 46,527 ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 59,992 ha | +28.9% |
| 1975 | 59,393 ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 65,813 ha | +10.8% |
| 1977 | 63,736 ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 64,613 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 53,814 ha | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 40,713 ha | -24.3% |
| 1981 | 78,145 ha | +91.9% |
| 1982 | 70,533 ha | -9.7% |
| 1983 | 134,208 ha | +90.3% |
| 1984 | 116,755 ha | -13.0% |
| 1985 | 98,949 ha | -15.3% |
| 1986 | 95,952 ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 106,328 ha | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 82,176 ha | -22.7% |
| 1989 | 85,320 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 76,662 ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 69,923 ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 35,238 ha | -49.6% |
| 1993 | 69,202 ha | +96.4% |
| 1994 | 30,928 ha | -55.3% |
| 1995 | 20,353 ha | -34.2% |
| 1996 | 64,174 ha | +215.3% |
| 1997 | 60,761 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 64,949 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 89,515 ha | +37.8% |
| 2000 | 23,026 ha | -74.3% |
| 2001 | 69,491 ha | +201.8% |
| 2002 | 42,365 ha | -39.0% |
| 2003 | 46,482 ha | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 66,924 ha | +44.0% |
| 2005 | 76,509 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 76,220 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 72,282 ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 100,441 ha | +39.0% |
| 2009 | 71,995 ha | -28.3% |
| 2010 | 66,756 ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 51,655 ha | -22.6% |
| 2012 | 47,060 ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 49,354 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 52,592 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 47,255 ha | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 38,386 ha | -18.8% |
| 2017 | 43,310 ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 49,911 ha | +15.2% |
| 2019 | 48,590 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 30,689 ha | -36.8% |
| 2021 | 49,238 ha | +60.4% |
| 2022 | 49,751 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 25,465 ha | -48.8% |
| 2024 | 38,160 ha | +49.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +215.3% | 20,353 ha | 64,174 ha |
| 2001 | +201.8% | 23,026 ha | 69,491 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,852 ha | 37,882 ha | 91,830 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,419 ha | 41,574 ha | 65,813 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 90,908 ha | 40,713 ha | 134,208 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,170 ha | 20,353 ha | 89,515 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,574 ha | 23,026 ha | 100,441 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,487 ha | 38,386 ha | 66,756 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,661 ha | 25,465 ha | 49,751 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Central America?
- Oats — area harvested in Central America was 38,160 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 134,208 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,353 ha in 1995.
- How does Central America rank for oats — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. 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 Oats — Area harvested. 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.