Olives — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Olives — Area harvested was 11,617 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — 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 olives — area harvested in Central America is 11,617 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Central America peaked at 15,296 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,900 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 18th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,008 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 5,094 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 5,195 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 5,407 ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 5,426 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 5,678 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 5,893 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 5,967 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 6,005 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 5,940 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 7,479 ha | +25.9% |
| 1973 | 7,849 ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 9,142 ha | +16.5% |
| 1975 | 9,596 ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 9,870 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 9,899 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 11,503 ha | +16.2% |
| 1979 | 11,267 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 11,099 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 7,276 ha | -34.4% |
| 1982 | 8,864 ha | +21.8% |
| 1983 | 8,858 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 8,912 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 9,505 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 9,445 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 9,581 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 9,669 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 7,475 ha | -22.7% |
| 1990 | 9,456 ha | +26.5% |
| 1991 | 6,174 ha | -34.7% |
| 1992 | 7,133 ha | +15.5% |
| 1993 | 7,666 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 7,558 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 8,800 ha | +16.4% |
| 1996 | 6,384 ha | -27.5% |
| 1997 | 8,708 ha | +36.4% |
| 1998 | 9,130 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 7,641 ha | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 7,617 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 8,037 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 8,399 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 7,737 ha | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 7,662 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 7,560 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 7,287 ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 8,323 ha | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 9,527 ha | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 8,897 ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 11,618 ha | +30.6% |
| 2011 | 8,336 ha | -28.2% |
| 2012 | 11,581 ha | +38.9% |
| 2013 | 11,916 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 9,045 ha | -24.1% |
| 2015 | 8,551 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 10,452 ha | +22.2% |
| 2017 | 8,586 ha | -17.9% |
| 2018 | 10,877 ha | +26.7% |
| 2019 | 11,128 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 13,931 ha | +25.2% |
| 2021 | 15,296 ha | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 10,013 ha | -34.5% |
| 2023 | 11,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 11,617 ha | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,396 ha | 4,900 ha | 5,967 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,855 ha | 5,940 ha | 11,503 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,068 ha | 7,276 ha | 11,099 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,865 ha | 6,174 ha | 9,456 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,105 ha | 7,287 ha | 9,527 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,209 ha | 8,336 ha | 11,916 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,371 ha | 10,013 ha | 15,296 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 15 Israel 33,700 ha compare
- 16 Australia 32,889 ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 32,889 ha compare
- 18 Saudi Arabia 24,004 ha compare
- 19 Yugoslav SFR 23,686 ha compare
- 20 Peru 20,521 ha compare
- 21 Croatia 20,110 ha compare
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- 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 olives — area harvested in Central America?
- Olives — area harvested in Central America was 11,617 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 15,296 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for olives — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. 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 Olives — 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.