Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Central America

Central America: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 76,459 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
76,459 kg/ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
7th
of 33 groups
All-time high
85,538 kg/ha
in 2014
All-time low
51,389 kg/ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024

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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 7th out of 33 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 4 Guatemala 104,750 kg/ha compare
  2. 5 Zambia 103,680 kg/ha compare
  3. 6 Peru 101,629 kg/ha compare
  4. 7 Burkina Faso 101,402 kg/ha compare
  5. 8 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
  6. 9 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
  7. 10 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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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 7th out of 33 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

Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 10,598 data points, 1961–2024
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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.