Olive oil — Production in Central America
Central America: Olive oil — Production was 2,902 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Olive oil — Production in Central America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olive oil — production in Central America is 2,902 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and up 74.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Central America peaked at 2,902 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 615 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Olive oil — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 615 t | — |
| 1962 | 725 t | +17.9% |
| 1963 | 725 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 725 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 725 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,225 t | +69.0% |
| 1967 | 1,125 t | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 1,025 t | -8.9% |
| 1969 | 1,225 t | +19.5% |
| 1970 | 1,225 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,270 t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 1,300 t | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 1,430 t | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 1,560 t | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 1,490 t | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 1,620 t | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 1,650 t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 1,750 t | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 1,550 t | -11.4% |
| 1980 | 1,650 t | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 1,465 t | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 1,472 t | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 1,480 t | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 1,495 t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 1,510 t | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 1,510 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,510 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,510 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,510 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,471 t | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 644.3 t | -56.2% |
| 1992 | 725 t | +12.5% |
| 1993 | 730.25 t | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 699.8 t | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 1,033 t | +47.5% |
| 1996 | 981.7 t | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 996.85 t | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 1,148 t | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 972.2 t | -15.3% |
| 2000 | 986.75 t | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,120 t | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 1,187 t | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 1,356 t | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 1,326 t | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 1,429 t | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 1,448 t | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1,631 t | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 1,650 t | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1,652 t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,072 t | +25.5% |
| 2011 | 1,514 t | -26.9% |
| 2012 | 1,642 t | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 1,662 t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1,773 t | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 1,835 t | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1,849 t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,836 t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,894 t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 2,106 t | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 2,174 t | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 2,236 t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 2,570 t | +14.9% |
| 2023 | 2,902 t | +12.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olive oil — Production in Central America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +69.0% | 725 t | 1,225 t |
| 1991 | -56.2% | 1,471 t | 644.3 t |
| 1995 | +47.5% | 699.8 t | 1,033 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 901.67 t | 615 t | 1,225 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,484 t | 1,225 t | 1,750 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,511 t | 1,465 t | 1,650 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 940.19 t | 644.3 t | 1,471 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,378 t | 986.75 t | 1,652 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,818 t | 1,514 t | 2,106 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,470 t | 2,174 t | 2,902 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.24 % 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)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production -6.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olive oil — production in Central America?
- Olive oil — production in Central America was 2,902 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,902 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 615 t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for olive oil — production?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.6%. 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 Olive oil — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.