Quinces — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Quinces — Area harvested was 328 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Quinces — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, quinces — area harvested in Central America stood at 328 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 22.1% on the previous year and down 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — area harvested in Central America peaked at 2,787 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 328 ha, in 2024.
That places Central America 18th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Quinces — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,199 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,158 ha | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 1,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 1,239 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 1,386 ha | +11.9% |
| 1966 | 1,475 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 1,513 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 1,508 ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 1,675 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 2,084 ha | +24.4% |
| 1971 | 1,907 ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 2,014 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 2,096 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 2,015 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 1,974 ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 1,978 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 2,192 ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 1,845 ha | -15.8% |
| 1979 | 1,578 ha | -14.5% |
| 1980 | 2,073 ha | +31.4% |
| 1981 | 2,707 ha | +30.6% |
| 1982 | 2,787 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 2,295 ha | -17.7% |
| 1984 | 1,354 ha | -41.0% |
| 1985 | 1,058 ha | -21.9% |
| 1986 | 687 ha | -35.1% |
| 1987 | 582 ha | -15.3% |
| 1988 | 677 ha | +16.3% |
| 1989 | 638 ha | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 636 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 882 ha | +38.7% |
| 1992 | 1,106 ha | +25.4% |
| 1993 | 1,526 ha | +38.0% |
| 1994 | 918 ha | -39.8% |
| 1995 | 1,182 ha | +28.8% |
| 1996 | 1,178 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 845 ha | -28.3% |
| 1998 | 1,151 ha | +36.2% |
| 1999 | 1,110 ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 1,053 ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 1,056 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 987 ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 705 ha | -28.6% |
| 2004 | 802 ha | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 777 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 693 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 735 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 729 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 758 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 718 ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 737 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 723 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 712 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 644 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 641 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 588 ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 605 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 598 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 582 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 683 ha | +17.4% |
| 2021 | 632 ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 417 ha | -34.0% |
| 2023 | 421 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 328 ha | -22.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,373 ha | 1,158 ha | 1,675 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,968 ha | 1,578 ha | 2,192 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,486 ha | 582 ha | 2,787 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,053 ha | 636 ha | 1,526 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 829.5 ha | 693 ha | 1,056 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 654.8 ha | 582 ha | 737 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 496.2 ha | 328 ha | 683 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is quinces — area harvested in Central America?
- Quinces — area harvested in Central America was 328 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,787 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest quinces — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 328 ha in 2024.
- How does Central America rank for quinces — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is quinces — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.1%. 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 Quinces — 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.