Wheat — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Wheat — Area harvested was 470,713 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Central America stood at 470,713 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.4% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Central America peaked at 1.25 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 470,713 ha, in 2024.
Central America ranks 24th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 871,249 ha | — |
| 1962 | 787,781 ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 858,043 ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 857,822 ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 886,261 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 762,347 ha | -14.0% |
| 1967 | 815,328 ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 821,484 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 872,362 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 919,731 ha | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 646,068 ha | -29.8% |
| 1972 | 721,576 ha | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 669,206 ha | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 818,190 ha | +22.3% |
| 1975 | 817,438 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 931,403 ha | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 754,263 ha | -19.0% |
| 1978 | 812,926 ha | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 621,246 ha | -23.6% |
| 1980 | 764,477 ha | +23.1% |
| 1981 | 892,360 ha | +16.7% |
| 1982 | 1.04 million ha | +16.4% |
| 1983 | 891,323 ha | -14.2% |
| 1984 | 1.07 million ha | +19.7% |
| 1985 | 1.25 million ha | +17.1% |
| 1986 | 1.23 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 1.01 million ha | -17.7% |
| 1988 | 938,952 ha | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 1.17 million ha | +24.3% |
| 1990 | 950,093 ha | -18.6% |
| 1991 | 996,513 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 928,572 ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 891,224 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 978,340 ha | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 943,234 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 822,057 ha | -12.8% |
| 1997 | 785,073 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 778,264 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 658,512 ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 714,318 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 691,345 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 637,957 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 608,098 ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 521,400 ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 637,961 ha | +22.4% |
| 2006 | 648,958 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 694,556 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 804,551 ha | +15.8% |
| 2009 | 831,067 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 681,318 ha | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 665,078 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 581,673 ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 637,166 ha | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 709,582 ha | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 822,451 ha | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 726,183 ha | -11.7% |
| 2017 | 664,048 ha | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 543,883 ha | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 588,962 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 563,742 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 550,320 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 598,364 ha | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 563,019 ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 470,713 ha | -16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 836,964 ha | 762,347 ha | 886,261 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 771,205 ha | 621,246 ha | 931,403 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 million ha | 764,477 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 873,188 ha | 658,512 ha | 996,513 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 679,021 ha | 521,400 ha | 831,067 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 662,034 ha | 543,883 ha | 822,451 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 549,232 ha | 470,713 ha | 598,364 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Central America?
- Wheat — area harvested in Central America was 470,713 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 470,713 ha in 2024.
- How does Central America rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.