Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Central America

Central America: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.34 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
1.34 million ha
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
25th
of 29 groups
All-time high
2.34 million ha
in 1979
All-time low
682,957 ha
in 2002
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Central America recorded 1.34 million ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Central America peaked at 2.34 million ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 682,957 ha, in 2002.

That places Central America 25th out of 29 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.64 million ha 1.44 million ha 1.74 million ha 9
1970s 1.83 million ha 1.39 million ha 2.34 million ha 10
1980s 1.59 million ha 1.31 million ha 1.88 million ha 10
1990s 1.07 million ha 864,183 ha 1.33 million ha 10
2000s 865,193 ha 682,957 ha 1.03 million ha 10
2010s 1.31 million ha 1.07 million ha 1.47 million ha 10
2020s 1.41 million ha 1.34 million ha 1.47 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 22 France 2.19 million ha compare
  2. 23 Burkina Faso 1.93 million ha compare
  3. 24 South Africa 1.91 million ha compare
  4. 25 Romania 1.77 million ha compare
  5. 26 Chad 1.50 million ha compare
  6. 27 Benin 1.48 million ha compare
  7. 28 Germany 1.36 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Central America?
Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Central America was 1.34 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central America?
The highest recorded value was 2.34 million ha in 1979.
What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 682,957 ha in 2002.
How does Central America rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Central America ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
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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.