Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 809,010 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Central America is 809,010 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Central America peaked at 857,544 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 203,994 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 20th 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 203,994 ha | — |
| 1962 | 207,886 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 212,782 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 219,846 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 209,372 ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 212,219 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 213,297 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 222,548 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 226,492 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 240,040 ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 258,003 ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 300,951 ha | +16.6% |
| 1973 | 294,987 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 287,526 ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 267,255 ha | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 266,922 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 299,466 ha | +12.2% |
| 1978 | 304,743 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 323,327 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 362,542 ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 334,184 ha | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 351,984 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 332,953 ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 372,112 ha | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 425,961 ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 397,887 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 422,397 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 458,020 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 478,227 ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 478,325 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 481,854 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 504,853 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 506,746 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 468,223 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 472,705 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 499,115 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 537,362 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 625,691 ha | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 677,909 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 661,497 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 674,777 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 677,707 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 697,062 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 672,436 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 695,794 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 705,447 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 678,391 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 725,549 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 725,403 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 731,386 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 734,820 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 741,440 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 735,940 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 765,938 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 782,974 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 819,998 ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 811,814 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 811,908 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 794,636 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 814,925 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 816,639 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 823,398 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 857,544 ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 809,010 ha | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 214,271 ha | 203,994 ha | 226,492 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 284,322 ha | 240,040 ha | 323,327 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 393,627 ha | 332,953 ha | 478,227 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 525,278 ha | 468,223 ha | 677,909 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 691,406 ha | 661,497 ha | 725,549 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 773,085 ha | 731,386 ha | 819,998 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 824,303 ha | 809,010 ha | 857,544 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 17 Myanmar 380,654 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 17,870 ha compare
- 18 Japan 361,476 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,859 ha compare
- 19 Thailand 359,795 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 798 ha compare
- 20 Brazil 353,177 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 322 ha compare
- 21 Nepal 334,784 ha compare
- 22 Italy 330,660 ha compare
- 23 Niger 316,038 ha compare
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- 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)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Central America?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Central America was 809,010 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 857,544 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 203,994 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.