Spinach — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Spinach — Area harvested was 2,672 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Central America is 2,672 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Central America peaked at 3,064 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 18th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 323 ha | — |
| 1981 | 333 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 690 ha | +107.2% |
| 1983 | 453 ha | -34.3% |
| 1984 | 885 ha | +95.4% |
| 1985 | 546 ha | -38.3% |
| 1986 | 877 ha | +60.6% |
| 1987 | 1,187 ha | +35.3% |
| 1988 | 1,258 ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 974 ha | -22.6% |
| 1990 | 979 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 1,206 ha | +23.2% |
| 1992 | 951 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 1,064 ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 1,159 ha | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 1,086 ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 1,192 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 1,348 ha | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 1,284 ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 1,760 ha | +37.1% |
| 2000 | 1,704 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 2,156 ha | +26.5% |
| 2002 | 1,834 ha | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 1,456 ha | -20.6% |
| 2004 | 1,461 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,475 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1,277 ha | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 1,069 ha | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 1,263 ha | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 1,048 ha | -17.0% |
| 2010 | 1,187 ha | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 1,756 ha | +47.9% |
| 2012 | 1,794 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,802 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,004 ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 2,782 ha | +38.8% |
| 2016 | 3,064 ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 2,536 ha | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 2,448 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 2,459 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,866 ha | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 2,848 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,866 ha | -34.5% |
| 2023 | 2,802 ha | +50.2% |
| 2024 | 2,672 ha | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 752.6 ha | 323 ha | 1,258 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,203 ha | 951 ha | 1,760 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,474 ha | 1,048 ha | 2,156 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,183 ha | 1,187 ha | 3,064 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,611 ha | 1,866 ha | 2,866 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Central America?
- Spinach — area harvested in Central America was 2,672 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,064 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.