Oil palm fruit — Yield in Central America
Central America: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 14,575 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in Central America is 14,575 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Central America peaked at 17,242 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 8,709 kg/ha, in 1979.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,685 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,849 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 11,955 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 12,274 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 12,519 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 12,530 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 12,570 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 12,305 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 11,212 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1970 | 11,363 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 12,847 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1972 | 9,994 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1973 | 10,638 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 10,634 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,171 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 10,977 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 10,884 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 9,811 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1979 | 8,709 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1980 | 9,011 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 9,236 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 11,227 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1983 | 11,213 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 13,400 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 13,151 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 14,134 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 14,245 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 14,680 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 13,304 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 13,640 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 13,156 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 13,792 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 14,957 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 15,359 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 15,561 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 16,004 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 16,851 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 17,104 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 15,596 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 16,130 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 15,202 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 14,420 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 14,993 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 14,317 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 14,671 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 17,242 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2007 | 16,431 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 15,517 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 15,757 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 16,252 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 17,111 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 16,354 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 14,893 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 12,980 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 13,262 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 13,860 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 14,339 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 13,951 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 13,647 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 14,390 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 14,121 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 15,972 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2023 | 13,824 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 14,575 kg/ha | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,322 kg/ha | 11,212 kg/ha | 12,849 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,703 kg/ha | 8,709 kg/ha | 12,847 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,360 kg/ha | 9,011 kg/ha | 14,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,202 kg/ha | 13,156 kg/ha | 17,104 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,468 kg/ha | 14,317 kg/ha | 17,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,665 kg/ha | 12,980 kg/ha | 17,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,576 kg/ha | 13,824 kg/ha | 15,972 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 Malaysia 19,770 kg/ha compare
- 2 Thailand 18,333 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 14,045 kg/ha compare
- 3 Guatemala 18,152 kg/ha compare
- 4 Benin 17,948 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 12,036 kg/ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 16,969 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,283 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 16,870 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 7 Costa Rica 16,400 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,580 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Central America?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Central America was 14,575 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 17,242 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,709 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Central America rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Central America ranks 4th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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 Oil palm fruit — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.