Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 10,910 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — 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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Central America is 10,910 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Central America peaked at 16,166 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,319 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 21st of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,319 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,950 ha | +11.9% |
| 1963 | 6,704 ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 6,830 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 7,156 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 7,307 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 7,389 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 7,613 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 7,510 ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 8,388 ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 9,085 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 9,466 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 10,113 ha | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 12,282 ha | +21.4% |
| 1975 | 10,963 ha | -10.7% |
| 1976 | 10,530 ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 12,324 ha | +17.0% |
| 1978 | 9,361 ha | -24.0% |
| 1979 | 9,373 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 12,565 ha | +34.1% |
| 1981 | 13,167 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 13,048 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 13,235 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 14,283 ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 12,568 ha | -12.0% |
| 1986 | 13,022 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 11,800 ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 9,848 ha | -16.5% |
| 1989 | 9,745 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 9,270 ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 14,582 ha | +57.3% |
| 1992 | 14,379 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 14,272 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 14,649 ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 15,570 ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 15,420 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 15,524 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 14,089 ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 14,551 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 15,382 ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 15,608 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 15,099 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 15,339 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 15,441 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 14,954 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 14,864 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 15,517 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 14,436 ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 14,389 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 14,940 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 14,972 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 14,917 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 14,858 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 14,801 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 14,672 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 14,608 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 14,737 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 14,753 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 13,101 ha | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 16,166 ha | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 15,013 ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 11,585 ha | -22.8% |
| 2023 | 11,346 ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 10,910 ha | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,864 ha | 5,319 ha | 7,613 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,188 ha | 8,388 ha | 12,324 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,328 ha | 9,745 ha | 14,283 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,231 ha | 9,270 ha | 15,570 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,103 ha | 14,389 ha | 15,608 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,636 ha | 13,101 ha | 14,972 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,004 ha | 10,910 ha | 16,166 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Central America?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Central America was 10,910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 16,166 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,319 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.