Potatoes — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Potatoes — Area harvested was 95,876 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — 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 potatoes — area harvested in Central America is 95,876 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Central America peaked at 104,293 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 48,605 ha, in 1965.
Central America ranks 27th of 33 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,355 ha | 48,605 ha | 57,804 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,686 ha | 54,214 ha | 104,293 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,633 ha | 84,072 ha | 96,620 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,982 ha | 77,333 ha | 96,507 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,246 ha | 80,977 ha | 90,632 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 89,976 ha | 81,148 ha | 95,303 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 93,885 ha | 91,711 ha | 95,876 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 24 Belarus 141,000 ha compare
- 25 Algeria 135,414 ha compare
- 26 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 128,911 ha compare
- 27 Brazil 124,818 ha compare
- 28 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
- 29 Kazakhstan 120,225 ha compare
- 30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Central America?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Central America was 95,876 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 104,293 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,605 ha in 1965.
- How does Central America rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 Potatoes — 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.