Papayas — Yield in Central America
Central America: Papayas — Yield was 52,058 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in Central America stood at 52,058 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Central America peaked at 55,866 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 17,335 kg/ha, in 1974.
Central America ranks 3rd of 21 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,510 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,402 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 22,842 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 22,555 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 23,954 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 23,192 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 22,561 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 26,538 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1969 | 23,824 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 22,689 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 24,192 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 19,898 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1973 | 20,281 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 17,335 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1975 | 24,700 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1976 | 23,670 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 26,119 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 25,229 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 22,622 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1980 | 23,196 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 22,308 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 22,950 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 27,715 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 34,219 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1985 | 31,720 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 31,364 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 28,982 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 23,250 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1989 | 23,414 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 26,690 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1991 | 26,160 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 28,453 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 24,070 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1994 | 29,107 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1995 | 36,452 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1996 | 31,003 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1997 | 32,024 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 30,042 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 33,964 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2000 | 40,332 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2001 | 39,322 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 43,153 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 37,727 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2004 | 40,095 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 39,628 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 42,904 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 44,413 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 42,858 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 46,234 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 43,095 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 43,179 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 49,005 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 49,844 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 55,687 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 53,431 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 54,052 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 53,746 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 55,866 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 52,615 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 55,138 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 53,491 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 54,123 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 52,471 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 52,058 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,375 kg/ha | 22,402 kg/ha | 26,538 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,674 kg/ha | 17,335 kg/ha | 26,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,912 kg/ha | 22,308 kg/ha | 34,219 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,797 kg/ha | 24,070 kg/ha | 36,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,667 kg/ha | 37,727 kg/ha | 46,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,052 kg/ha | 43,095 kg/ha | 55,866 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,456 kg/ha | 52,058 kg/ha | 55,138 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 Guyana 353,918 kg/ha compare
- 1 Caribbean 105,400 kg/ha compare
- 2 Dominican Republic 136,529 kg/ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 99,741 kg/ha compare
- 3 Micronesia 25,730 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 69,031 kg/ha compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 23,382 kg/ha compare
- 5 China 64,425 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,871 kg/ha compare
- 6 Belize 60,828 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,958 kg/ha 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 papayas — yield in Central America?
- Papayas — yield in Central America was 52,058 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 55,866 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,335 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Central America rank for papayas — yield?
- Central America ranks 3rd out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 Papayas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.