Rice — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Rice — Area harvested was 222,334 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 222,334 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Central America peaked at 547,120 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 222,334 ha, in 2024.
Central America ranks 24th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 379,528 ha | 339,829 ha | 431,849 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 408,165 ha | 347,915 ha | 547,120 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 397,819 ha | 348,569 ha | 473,242 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 336,678 ha | 300,250 ha | 369,414 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 332,699 ha | 301,357 ha | 370,213 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 296,258 ha | 272,108 ha | 342,652 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 261,662 ha | 222,334 ha | 289,501 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 21 Sierra Leone 987,345 ha compare
- 22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 912,998 ha compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 811,177 ha compare
- 24 Mali 789,529 ha compare
- 25 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 770,048 ha compare
- 26 Egypt 704,158 ha compare
- 27 Republic of Korea 697,713 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 rice — area harvested in Central America?
- Rice — area harvested in Central America was 222,334 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 547,120 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 222,334 ha in 2024.
- How does Central America rank for rice — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. 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 Rice — 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.