Soya beans — Yield in Central America
Central America: Soya beans — Yield was 2,121 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — 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 soya beans — yield in Central America is 2,121 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Central America peaked at 2,174 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,285 kg/ha, in 2010.
Central America ranks 14th of 27 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.
Soya beans — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,020 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,076 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 2,051 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 1,966 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 2,109 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 1,749 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1967 | 1,875 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 2,069 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 1,757 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1970 | 1,920 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1971 | 1,984 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 1,700 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 1,877 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 1,636 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1975 | 1,738 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 1,753 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,642 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 1,543 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 1,863 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1980 | 2,088 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 1,950 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 1,726 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1983 | 1,752 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1,747 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 1,932 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 1,846 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 1,768 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 1,669 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 2,031 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1990 | 2,038 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 2,134 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 1,876 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 2,130 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 1,866 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 1,590 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1996 | 1,651 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 1,713 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 1,719 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,837 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 1,684 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 1,822 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 1,757 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 1,968 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 1,675 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 2,036 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 1,743 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 1,648 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 2,108 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2009 | 1,991 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 1,285 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 2011 | 1,446 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 1,820 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2013 | 1,621 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 1,915 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2015 | 1,438 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2016 | 1,866 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2017 | 1,702 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 1,763 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 1,687 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,660 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,655 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,697 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 2,174 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2024 | 2,121 kg/ha | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,963 kg/ha | 1,749 kg/ha | 2,109 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,766 kg/ha | 1,543 kg/ha | 1,984 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,851 kg/ha | 1,669 kg/ha | 2,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,856 kg/ha | 1,590 kg/ha | 2,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,843 kg/ha | 1,648 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,654 kg/ha | 1,285 kg/ha | 1,915 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,862 kg/ha | 1,655 kg/ha | 2,174 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 11 Australia 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 13 Argentina 2,945 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,196 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,154 kg/ha compare
- 14 Serbia and Montenegro 2,811 kg/ha compare
- 15 Slovenia 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 16 Austria 2,776 kg/ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 796.7 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 556.9 kg/ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 2,667 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Central America?
- Soya beans — yield in Central America was 2,121 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,174 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,285 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Central America rank for soya beans — yield?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. 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 Soya beans — 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.