Vegetables Primary — Yield in Central America
Central America: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 22,201 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Central America is 22,201 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Central America peaked at 22,265 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6,103 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 13th 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 — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,103 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,186 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 6,322 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 6,323 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,332 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1966 | 7,480 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 8,406 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 8,487 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 8,520 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 9,066 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 9,722 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 9,980 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 10,029 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 10,430 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 10,117 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 10,001 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 10,339 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 12,027 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1979 | 12,318 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 11,193 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 11,604 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 12,514 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 13,225 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 13,514 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 12,113 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 13,597 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 13,165 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 13,107 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 13,126 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 13,299 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 13,669 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 12,159 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 13,010 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 12,835 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 14,443 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 14,740 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 15,139 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 14,835 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 15,266 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 14,616 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 15,668 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 15,235 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 15,853 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 16,504 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 16,075 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 16,487 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 18,201 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 17,256 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 16,473 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 17,480 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 17,045 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 18,502 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 18,543 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 18,656 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 19,298 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 19,779 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 21,476 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 22,265 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 21,889 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 21,397 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 20,958 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 21,726 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 22,159 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 22,201 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,240 kg/ha | 6,103 kg/ha | 8,520 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,403 kg/ha | 9,066 kg/ha | 12,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,716 kg/ha | 11,193 kg/ha | 13,597 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,939 kg/ha | 12,159 kg/ha | 15,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,237 kg/ha | 14,616 kg/ha | 18,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,493 kg/ha | 17,045 kg/ha | 22,265 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,688 kg/ha | 20,958 kg/ha | 22,201 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 10 Iceland 43,992 kg/ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 11,275 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11,221 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 41,772 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 40,349 kg/ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,137 kg/ha compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 40,100 kg/ha compare
- 14 Greece 39,369 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 6,678 kg/ha compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 21,152 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,532 kg/ha compare
- 15 Oman 39,047 kg/ha compare
- 16 Poland 38,160 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 6,181 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 vegetables primary — yield in Central America?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Central America was 22,201 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 22,265 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,103 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Central America ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. 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 — 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.