Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 652,236 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 652,236 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and up 61.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Central America peaked at 677,646 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20,283 ha, in 1971.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,910 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,112 ha | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 24,952 ha | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 26,120 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 26,080 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 26,265 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 24,320 ha | -7.4% |
| 1968 | 27,719 ha | +14.0% |
| 1969 | 25,622 ha | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 21,986 ha | -14.2% |
| 1971 | 20,283 ha | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 22,706 ha | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 28,107 ha | +23.8% |
| 1974 | 29,017 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 24,708 ha | -14.8% |
| 1976 | 29,486 ha | +19.3% |
| 1977 | 28,998 ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 31,266 ha | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 35,477 ha | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 35,447 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 36,834 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 36,786 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 41,018 ha | +11.5% |
| 1984 | 40,154 ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 41,913 ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 45,272 ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 44,735 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 47,555 ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 50,388 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 57,197 ha | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 61,575 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 65,383 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 60,811 ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 71,602 ha | +17.7% |
| 1995 | 76,266 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 77,987 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 81,784 ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 88,355 ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 103,003 ha | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 111,390 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 133,590 ha | +19.9% |
| 2002 | 144,180 ha | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 150,758 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 168,336 ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 179,701 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 204,739 ha | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 216,760 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 230,818 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 245,889 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 263,354 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 281,851 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 314,049 ha | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 373,006 ha | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 402,943 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 450,924 ha | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 482,405 ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 520,941 ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 553,049 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 590,082 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 642,199 ha | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 672,525 ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 665,547 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 677,646 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 652,236 ha | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,567 ha | 22,910 ha | 27,719 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,203 ha | 20,283 ha | 35,477 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,010 ha | 35,447 ha | 50,388 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 74,396 ha | 57,197 ha | 103,003 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 178,616 ha | 111,390 ha | 245,889 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 423,260 ha | 263,354 ha | 590,082 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 662,031 ha | 642,199 ha | 677,646 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Central America?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Central America was 652,236 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 677,646 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,283 ha in 1971.
- How does Central America rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 9th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.9%. 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 palm fruit — 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.