Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 5,338 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Panama stood at 5,338 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Panama peaked at 9,505 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,995 ha, in 1977.
Panama ranks 143rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,153 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,173 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 2,324 ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 2,409 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 2,479 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 2,415 ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 2,950 ha | +22.2% |
| 1968 | 3,877 ha | +31.4% |
| 1969 | 3,987 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 2,222 ha | -44.3% |
| 1971 | 3,100 ha | +39.5% |
| 1972 | 2,435 ha | -21.5% |
| 1973 | 2,766 ha | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 2,950 ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 2,480 ha | -15.9% |
| 1976 | 2,089 ha | -15.8% |
| 1977 | 1,995 ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 2,065 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 2,225 ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 2,400 ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2,160 ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 2,625 ha | +21.5% |
| 1984 | 2,675 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 3,040 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 2,878 ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 2,953 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 3,214 ha | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 3,401 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 3,253 ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 3,838 ha | +18.0% |
| 1992 | 3,673 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 3,955 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 4,434 ha | +12.1% |
| 1995 | 4,960 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 5,383 ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 5,683 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 5,190 ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 4,301 ha | -17.1% |
| 2000 | 4,909 ha | +14.1% |
| 2001 | 4,542 ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 5,393 ha | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 5,603 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 5,664 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 8,278 ha | +46.2% |
| 2006 | 6,502 ha | -21.5% |
| 2007 | 8,255 ha | +27.0% |
| 2008 | 8,284 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4,870 ha | -41.2% |
| 2010 | 7,609 ha | +56.2% |
| 2011 | 9,505 ha | +24.9% |
| 2012 | 8,321 ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 7,394 ha | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 7,840 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 7,270 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 6,765 ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 6,314 ha | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 6,239 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 5,086 ha | -18.5% |
| 2020 | 5,522 ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 7,566 ha | +37.0% |
| 2022 | 6,314 ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 5,363 ha | -15.1% |
| 2024 | 5,338 ha | -0.5% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 5,338 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 64% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Panama's 5,338 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 72% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,752 ha | 2,153 ha | 3,987 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,433 ha | 1,995 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,785 ha | 2,160 ha | 3,401 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,467 ha | 3,253 ha | 5,683 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,230 ha | 4,542 ha | 8,284 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,234 ha | 5,086 ha | 9,505 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,021 ha | 5,338 ha | 7,566 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Panama?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Panama was 5,338 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 9,505 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,995 ha in 1977.
- How does Panama rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.