Wheat — Yield in Central America
Central America: Wheat — Yield was 5,631 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 5,631 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Central America peaked at 6,178 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,638 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 4th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,305 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha | 2,703 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,283 kg/ha | 2,573 kg/ha | 3,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,020 kg/ha | 3,641 kg/ha | 4,409 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,182 kg/ha | 3,706 kg/ha | 4,688 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,863 kg/ha | 4,462 kg/ha | 5,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,298 kg/ha | 4,514 kg/ha | 5,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,823 kg/ha | 5,301 kg/ha | 6,178 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 New Zealand 10,014 kg/ha compare
- 2 Ireland 8,140 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha compare
- 5 Zambia 7,090 kg/ha compare
- 6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Central America?
- Wheat — yield in Central America was 5,631 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 6,178 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,638 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for wheat — yield?
- Central America ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 Wheat — 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.