Palm kernels — Production in Central America
Central America: Palm kernels — Production was 640,605 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm kernels — Production in Central America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, palm kernels — production in Central America stood at 640,605 t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 118.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Central America peaked at 640,605 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16,957 t, in 1972.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Palm kernels — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,554 t | — |
| 1962 | 32,108 t | +16.5% |
| 1963 | 26,883 t | -16.3% |
| 1964 | 29,080 t | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 29,523 t | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 30,101 t | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 27,574 t | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 30,562 t | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 24,211 t | -20.8% |
| 1970 | 19,932 t | -17.7% |
| 1971 | 20,649 t | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 16,957 t | -17.9% |
| 1973 | 20,978 t | +23.7% |
| 1974 | 21,432 t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 18,276 t | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 22,847 t | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 22,101 t | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 18,541 t | -16.1% |
| 1979 | 18,178 t | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 19,090 t | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 18,360 t | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 20,010 t | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 21,445 t | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 27,984 t | +30.5% |
| 1985 | 27,295 t | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 30,493 t | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 32,292 t | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 34,868 t | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 32,115 t | -7.9% |
| 1990 | 38,230 t | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 29,535 t | -22.7% |
| 1992 | 41,200 t | +39.5% |
| 1993 | 46,250 t | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 52,050 t | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 54,800 t | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 62,000 t | +13.1% |
| 1997 | 65,690 t | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 69,375 t | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 72,643 t | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 79,965 t | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 96,263 t | +20.4% |
| 2002 | 100,428 t | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 104,875 t | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 115,590 t | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 142,860 t | +23.6% |
| 2006 | 174,215 t | +21.9% |
| 2007 | 172,100 t | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 173,288 t | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 176,050 t | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 198,112 t | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 227,440 t | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 251,920 t | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 292,658 t | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 298,596 t | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 365,085 t | +22.3% |
| 2016 | 409,057 t | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 468,032 t | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 501,945 t | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 508,660 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 573,460 t | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 561,052 t | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 632,615 t | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 640,605 t | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,622 t | 24,211 t | 32,108 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,989 t | 16,957 t | 22,847 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,395 t | 18,360 t | 34,868 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,177 t | 29,535 t | 72,643 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,563 t | 79,965 t | 176,050 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 352,150 t | 198,112 t | 508,660 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 601,933 t | 561,052 t | 640,605 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 5 Colombia 312,806 t compare
- 5 Melanesia 202,000 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75,000 t compare
- 6 Guatemala 238,337 t compare
- 7 Brazil 195,000 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,308 t compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 179,000 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 7,141 t compare
- 9 Honduras 165,000 t compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 0 t compare
- 10 Ghana 152,000 t compare
- 11 Côte d'Ivoire 136,000 t compare
- 11 Mexico 114,000 t 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 palm kernels — production in Central America?
- Palm kernels — production in Central America was 640,605 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 640,605 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,957 t in 1972.
- How does Central America rank for palm kernels — production?
- Central America ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 118.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Palm kernels — Production. 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.