Oil of maize — Production in Central America
Central America: Oil of maize — Production was 22,455 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of maize — Production in Central America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil of maize — production in Central America is 22,455 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of maize — production in Central America peaked at 41,307 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,168 t, in 1961.
That places Central America 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil of maize — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,168 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,207 t | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 2,414 t | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 2,548 t | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 2,598 t | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 2,870 t | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 3,381 t | +17.8% |
| 1968 | 3,619 t | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 3,740 t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 3,760 t | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 3,867 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 3,976 t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 4,011 t | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 4,292 t | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 3,910 t | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 3,950 t | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 3,862 t | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 3,771 t | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 3,721 t | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 3,869 t | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 4,109 t | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 5,727 t | +39.4% |
| 1983 | 4,861 t | -15.1% |
| 1984 | 4,395 t | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 8,480 t | +92.9% |
| 1986 | 11,915 t | +40.5% |
| 1987 | 21,399 t | +79.6% |
| 1988 | 27,284 t | +27.5% |
| 1989 | 12,752 t | -53.3% |
| 1990 | 9,175 t | -28.1% |
| 1991 | 9,203 t | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 9,051 t | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 9,478 t | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 17,332 t | +82.9% |
| 1995 | 18,182 t | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 18,822 t | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 16,543 t | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 18,752 t | +13.4% |
| 1999 | 19,691 t | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 19,729 t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 18,167 t | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 18,073 t | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 19,058 t | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 20,009 t | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 20,866 t | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 21,810 t | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 22,902 t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 23,851 t | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 24,894 t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 28,117 t | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 28,774 t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 30,085 t | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 30,700 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 28,005 t | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 30,331 t | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 32,602 t | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 37,472 t | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 38,990 t | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 41,307 t | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 41,148 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 20,205 t | -50.9% |
| 2022 | 22,091 t | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 22,455 t | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,838 t | 2,168 t | 3,740 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,912 t | 3,721 t | 4,292 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,479 t | 3,869 t | 27,284 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,623 t | 9,051 t | 19,691 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,936 t | 18,073 t | 24,894 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,638 t | 28,005 t | 41,307 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,475 t | 20,205 t | 41,148 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of maize — production in Central America?
- Oil of maize — production in Central America was 22,455 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of maize — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 41,307 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest oil of maize — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,168 t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for oil of maize — production?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is oil of maize — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. 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 Oil of maize — Production. 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.