Pineapples — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Pineapples — Area harvested was 103,481 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 103,481 ha for pineapples — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Central America peaked at 103,481 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,790 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,790 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,073 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 13,030 ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 13,157 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 15,029 ha | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 14,941 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 15,087 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 15,470 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 14,579 ha | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 15,392 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 14,460 ha | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 12,370 ha | -14.5% |
| 1973 | 13,613 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 16,773 ha | +23.2% |
| 1975 | 17,689 ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 20,051 ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 21,540 ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 23,189 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 21,552 ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 24,011 ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 20,006 ha | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 19,928 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 19,268 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 20,566 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 19,738 ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 24,713 ha | +25.2% |
| 1987 | 25,263 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 26,626 ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 25,785 ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 25,452 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 24,353 ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 26,223 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 26,486 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 26,226 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 25,938 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 28,050 ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 30,556 ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 32,316 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 32,954 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 36,239 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 36,574 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 39,970 ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 42,269 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 43,243 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 57,149 ha | +32.2% |
| 2006 | 53,250 ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 61,762 ha | +16.0% |
| 2008 | 68,790 ha | +11.4% |
| 2009 | 75,745 ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 79,855 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 80,660 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 80,926 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 81,558 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 75,353 ha | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 77,192 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 82,293 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 85,228 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 86,410 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 83,156 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 86,935 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 85,867 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 88,495 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 92,583 ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 103,481 ha | +11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,906 ha | 11,790 ha | 15,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,663 ha | 12,370 ha | 23,189 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,590 ha | 19,268 ha | 26,626 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,855 ha | 24,353 ha | 32,954 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,499 ha | 36,239 ha | 75,745 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 81,263 ha | 75,353 ha | 86,410 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,472 ha | 85,867 ha | 103,481 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 7 Costa Rica 53,000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 18,923 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,691 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 47,919 ha compare
- 9 Angola 38,393 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,908 ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,034 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 26,025 ha compare
- 11 Colombia 23,652 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 2,154 ha compare
- 12 Indonesia 20,513 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 346 ha compare
- 13 Peru 16,663 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 10 ha compare
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- 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 pineapples — area harvested in Central America?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Central America was 103,481 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 103,481 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,790 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.3%. 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 Pineapples — Area harvested. 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.