Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Central America
Central America: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 76,459 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 76,459 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Central America peaked at 85,538 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 51,389 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,389 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,079 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 55,341 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 57,174 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 61,118 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 61,710 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 62,358 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 59,616 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 59,086 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 60,562 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 63,287 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 64,003 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 62,644 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 65,313 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 66,930 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 62,955 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 65,772 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 65,567 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 62,862 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 61,802 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 60,608 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 67,544 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 67,815 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 67,936 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 69,726 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 73,657 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 71,784 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 69,421 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 71,217 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 71,751 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 71,543 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 75,212 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 76,134 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 71,820 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 80,188 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 74,339 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 79,276 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 79,754 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 75,273 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 74,689 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 80,135 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 74,699 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 76,941 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 80,342 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 79,290 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 77,851 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 78,742 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 77,225 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 77,112 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 75,517 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 72,456 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 76,555 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 83,606 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 85,538 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 83,935 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 83,871 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 80,033 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 79,587 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 81,876 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 78,927 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 77,454 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 78,502 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 76,173 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 76,459 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,986 kg/ha | 51,389 kg/ha | 62,358 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,990 kg/ha | 60,562 kg/ha | 66,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,151 kg/ha | 60,608 kg/ha | 73,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,529 kg/ha | 71,543 kg/ha | 80,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,703 kg/ha | 74,689 kg/ha | 80,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,297 kg/ha | 72,456 kg/ha | 85,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,503 kg/ha | 76,173 kg/ha | 78,927 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 69,383 kg/ha compare
- 5 Zambia 103,680 kg/ha compare
- 6 Peru 101,629 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 67,750 kg/ha compare
- 7 Burkina Faso 101,402 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 67,277 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 59,706 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
- 9 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
- 10 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare
- 11 Chile 94,432 kg/ha compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -6.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6939 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Central America?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Central America was 76,459 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 85,538 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,389 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Central America ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.