Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Central America
Central America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 22,339 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Central America stood at 22,339 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Central America peaked at 22,339 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,550 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 12th 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,550 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,453 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1963 | 7,507 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 7,618 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 7,595 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 7,956 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 8,532 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 8,439 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 8,752 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 9,050 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 9,450 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 9,877 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 9,792 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 9,425 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 9,921 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 9,923 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 9,358 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 10,661 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 10,379 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 11,117 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 10,301 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 11,662 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 10,545 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 12,047 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 11,998 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 12,404 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 12,092 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 12,194 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 13,783 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1990 | 14,182 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 14,541 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 15,135 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 15,160 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 16,336 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 16,173 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 16,628 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 16,908 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 16,996 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 17,012 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 18,271 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 19,320 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 18,538 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 19,115 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 18,279 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 17,964 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 17,798 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 19,240 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 19,037 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 18,660 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 19,427 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 19,062 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 17,475 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 17,630 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 18,752 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 19,948 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 19,687 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 19,612 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 20,170 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 20,290 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 20,828 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 20,813 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 21,700 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 21,964 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 22,339 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,822 kg/ha | 6,550 kg/ha | 8,752 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,784 kg/ha | 9,050 kg/ha | 10,661 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,814 kg/ha | 10,301 kg/ha | 13,783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,907 kg/ha | 14,182 kg/ha | 17,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,622 kg/ha | 17,798 kg/ha | 19,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,205 kg/ha | 17,475 kg/ha | 20,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,529 kg/ha | 20,813 kg/ha | 22,339 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Central America?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Central America was 22,339 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 22,339 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,550 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Central America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.