Pulses, Total — Yield in Central America
Central America: Pulses, Total — Yield was 877.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — yield in Central America is 877.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.6% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Central America peaked at 992.1 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 458.1 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Central America 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 501.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 458.1 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1963 | 460.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 483.5 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 468.8 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 509.6 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 559.1 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 543.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 564.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 569.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 521.7 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 569.8 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 598.5 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 670.1 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 621.4 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1976 | 583.6 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 557.1 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 668.9 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1979 | 745 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1980 | 744.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 758.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 765.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 730.1 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 647.3 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1985 | 635.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 663.2 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 672.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 560.1 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1989 | 625 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 726.2 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 785.9 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 675.7 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1993 | 776.7 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1994 | 733.5 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 712.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 778.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 725.5 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 670.8 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 725.2 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 758.3 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 795.9 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 837.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 825.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 793 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 793.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 891.6 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 809.8 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 853.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 940.2 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 814.8 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 813 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 872.2 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 878.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 867 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 783.5 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 840.8 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 879.1 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 925 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 914.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 825.1 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 896.7 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 806.1 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 992.1 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2024 | 877.1 kg/ha | -11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505.49 kg/ha | 458.1 kg/ha | 564.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 610.56 kg/ha | 521.7 kg/ha | 745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 680.24 kg/ha | 560.1 kg/ha | 765.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 731.09 kg/ha | 670.8 kg/ha | 785.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 829.92 kg/ha | 758.3 kg/ha | 940.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 858.85 kg/ha | 783.5 kg/ha | 925 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 879.42 kg/ha | 806.1 kg/ha | 992.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 504 kg/ha compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,231 kg/ha compare
- 18 Luxembourg 3,026 kg/ha compare
- 19 Sweden 2,966 kg/ha compare
- 20 Serbia and Montenegro 2,945 kg/ha compare
- 21 Malta 2,824 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 827.6 kg/ha compare
- 22 Finland 2,697 kg/ha compare
- 23 Belarus 2,631 kg/ha compare
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- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -6.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6939 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Central America?
- Pulses, total — yield in Central America was 877.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 992.1 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 458.1 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Central America rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.