Rice — Yield in Central America
Central America: Rice — Yield was 5,142 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — 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 rice — yield in Central America is 5,142 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Central America peaked at 5,264 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,620 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Central America 15th out of 27 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.
Rice — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,684 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,635 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 1,676 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,620 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,902 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1966 | 1,843 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 1,954 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 1,993 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 2,030 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 2,247 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 2,236 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 2,184 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 2,301 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 2,196 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 2,401 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 2,074 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 2,495 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1978 | 2,604 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 2,733 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 3,029 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 3,155 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2,697 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1983 | 2,969 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 3,084 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 3,213 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 3,022 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 3,163 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 3,115 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 3,092 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 3,173 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 3,250 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 3,273 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 3,442 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 3,397 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 3,533 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 3,505 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 3,527 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 3,625 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 3,843 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 3,432 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 3,392 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 3,383 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 3,440 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 3,287 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 3,587 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 3,642 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 3,715 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 3,868 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 4,021 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 3,912 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 3,766 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 3,795 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 3,985 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 4,550 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 4,478 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 4,705 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 4,710 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 4,922 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 5,011 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 4,933 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 5,150 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 5,229 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 5,264 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 5,142 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,815 kg/ha | 1,620 kg/ha | 2,030 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,347 kg/ha | 2,074 kg/ha | 2,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,054 kg/ha | 2,697 kg/ha | 3,213 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,457 kg/ha | 3,173 kg/ha | 3,843 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,577 kg/ha | 3,287 kg/ha | 4,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,383 kg/ha | 3,766 kg/ha | 5,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,143 kg/ha | 4,933 kg/ha | 5,264 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 12 El Salvador 7,020 kg/ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,575 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 7,005 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,073 kg/ha compare
- 14 Japan 6,956 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 6,855 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 16 Chile 6,832 kg/ha compare
- 17 Brazil 6,728 kg/ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,052 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guyana 6,654 kg/ha compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Central America?
- Rice — yield in Central America was 5,142 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 5,264 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,620 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Central America rank for rice — yield?
- Central America ranks 15th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. 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 Rice — 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.