Quinces — Yield in Central America
Central America: Quinces — Yield was 4,308 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Quinces — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, quinces — yield in Central America stood at 4,308 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — yield in Central America peaked at 15,251 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 4,308 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Central America 19th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Quinces — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,808 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,325 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 14,090 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 14,427 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 14,811 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 15,251 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 15,166 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 14,534 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 12,488 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 12,139 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 11,347 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 9,806 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 9,538 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 10,345 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 10,759 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 10,376 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 9,054 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1978 | 9,601 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 12,088 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1980 | 11,347 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 10,520 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 12,061 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 10,821 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 9,738 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 9,521 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 8,164 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1987 | 6,462 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1988 | 11,727 kg/ha | +81.5% |
| 1989 | 10,060 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1990 | 12,777 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1991 | 9,771 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1992 | 9,344 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 6,203 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1994 | 7,422 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1995 | 6,685 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 5,325 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1997 | 8,325 kg/ha | +56.3% |
| 1998 | 9,851 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1999 | 8,827 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 9,314 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 9,062 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 11,296 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2003 | 9,386 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2004 | 7,712 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2005 | 6,265 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2006 | 10,304 kg/ha | +64.5% |
| 2007 | 8,807 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2008 | 10,130 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 8,917 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 8,072 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 7,417 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 8,293 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 8,742 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 6,422 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2015 | 8,088 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2016 | 8,255 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 8,315 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 8,731 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 8,835 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 8,594 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 8,776 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 7,904 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 4,759 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 2024 | 4,308 kg/ha | -9.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Quinces — Yield in Central America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +81.5% | 6,462 kg/ha | 11,727 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,322 kg/ha | 12,488 kg/ha | 15,251 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,505 kg/ha | 9,054 kg/ha | 12,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,042 kg/ha | 6,462 kg/ha | 12,061 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,453 kg/ha | 5,325 kg/ha | 12,777 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,119 kg/ha | 6,265 kg/ha | 11,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,117 kg/ha | 6,422 kg/ha | 8,835 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,868 kg/ha | 4,308 kg/ha | 8,776 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is quinces — yield in Central America?
- Quinces — yield in Central America was 4,308 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 15,251 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest quinces — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,308 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Central America rank for quinces — yield?
- Central America ranks 19th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is quinces — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.