Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.35 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Central America is 1.35 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Central America peaked at 2.36 million ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 693,166 ha, in 2002.
Central America ranks 25th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.46 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.56 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 1.68 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 1.71 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 1.76 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 1.73 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 1.65 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 1.73 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 1.60 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 1.49 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1971 | 1.70 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 1.75 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 1.79 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 1.99 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 1.85 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 1.41 million ha | -23.9% |
| 1977 | 2.09 million ha | +48.1% |
| 1978 | 2.06 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 2.36 million ha | +14.4% |
| 1980 | 1.81 million ha | -23.2% |
| 1981 | 1.89 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 1.43 million ha | -24.4% |
| 1983 | 1.72 million ha | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 1.66 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 1.70 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 1.48 million ha | -13.0% |
| 1987 | 1.62 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 1.33 million ha | -18.2% |
| 1989 | 1.42 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 1.32 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 1.34 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 1.05 million ha | -21.5% |
| 1993 | 873,336 ha | -16.8% |
| 1994 | 1.03 million ha | +17.7% |
| 1995 | 1.05 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 1.08 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 1.02 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 1.05 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 982,756 ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 844,567 ha | -14.1% |
| 2001 | 879,354 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 693,166 ha | -21.2% |
| 2003 | 831,315 ha | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 1.04 million ha | +25.4% |
| 2005 | 909,993 ha | -12.7% |
| 2006 | 854,565 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 915,431 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 903,775 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 870,102 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 1.08 million ha | +24.3% |
| 2011 | 1.16 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 1.24 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.37 million ha | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 1.42 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.38 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.48 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 1.45 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.40 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 1.44 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 1.49 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 1.45 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 1.36 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 1.35 million ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.65 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 1.76 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.85 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 2.36 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.61 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 1.89 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 million ha | 873,336 ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 874,439 ha | 693,166 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.32 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 22 Kazakhstan 2.89 million ha compare
- 23 France 2.20 million ha compare
- 24 Burkina Faso 2.01 million ha compare
- 25 South Africa 1.92 million ha compare
- 26 Tunisia 1.89 million ha compare
- 27 Romania 1.77 million ha compare
- 28 Italy 1.67 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Central America?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Central America was 1.35 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.36 million ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 693,166 ha in 2002.
- How does Central America rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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, Oil Equivalent — 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.