Yams — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Yams — Area harvested was 5,387 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Central America is 5,387 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Central America peaked at 7,853 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 17th out of 24 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,844 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,331 ha | 1,499 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,445 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,367 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,931 ha | 3,592 ha | 5,987 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,811 ha | 3,678 ha | 7,510 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,956 ha | 4,442 ha | 7,853 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,019 ha | 5,387 ha | 6,558 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 32,019 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (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 — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Central America?
- Yams — area harvested in Central America was 5,387 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 7,853 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for yams — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 17th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. 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 Yams — 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.