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 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,638 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,889 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1963 | 2,027 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 2,611 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1965 | 2,458 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 2,200 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1967 | 2,642 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1968 | 2,574 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 2,703 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 2,950 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 2,894 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 2,573 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 3,196 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1974 | 3,471 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 3,479 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 3,663 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 3,330 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 3,500 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 3,773 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 3,720 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 3,641 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 4,275 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 3,964 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 4,307 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 4,216 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 3,922 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 4,409 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 3,957 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 3,786 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 4,172 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 4,098 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 3,924 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 4,048 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 4,270 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 3,706 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1996 | 4,136 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 4,688 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1998 | 4,177 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1999 | 4,601 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 4,905 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 4,748 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 5,079 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 4,472 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 4,462 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 4,733 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 5,210 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2007 | 5,066 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 4,956 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 5,400 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 5,458 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5,634 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 5,273 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 5,176 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 4,514 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 5,322 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 5,279 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 5,415 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 5,510 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 5,301 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 5,970 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 6,038 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 6,178 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 5,631 kg/ha | -8.9% |
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
- 2 Republic of Moldova 3,244 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 3,004 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
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
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 — 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 26 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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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.