Yams — Production in Central America
Central America: Yams — Production was 46,259 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Central America recorded 46,259 t for yams — production in 2024.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Central America peaked at 76,858 t in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10,500 t, in 1961.
That places Central America 16th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 10,900 t | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 11,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 11,800 t | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 12,400 t | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 13,200 t | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 15,100 t | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 14,500 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 11,700 t | -19.3% |
| 1971 | 14,500 t | +23.9% |
| 1972 | 15,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 15,431 t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 15,894 t | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 16,357 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 16,514 t | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 16,357 t | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 16,198 t | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 16,356 t | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 19,457 t | +19.0% |
| 1981 | 20,376 t | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 21,338 t | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 21,338 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 19,358 t | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 20,271 t | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 21,228 t | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 22,230 t | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 23,280 t | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 22,345 t | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 20,616 t | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 19,729 t | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 29,553 t | +49.8% |
| 1993 | 28,036 t | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 42,344 t | +51.0% |
| 1995 | 38,655 t | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 29,786 t | -22.9% |
| 1997 | 24,780 t | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 32,683 t | +31.9% |
| 1999 | 51,069 t | +56.3% |
| 2000 | 30,404 t | -40.5% |
| 2001 | 41,433 t | +36.3% |
| 2002 | 53,797 t | +29.8% |
| 2003 | 37,657 t | -30.0% |
| 2004 | 45,538 t | +20.9% |
| 2005 | 45,220 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 76,858 t | +70.0% |
| 2007 | 52,334 t | -31.9% |
| 2008 | 50,093 t | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 55,832 t | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 52,429 t | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 53,077 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 54,191 t | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 46,160 t | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 50,108 t | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 39,088 t | -22.0% |
| 2016 | 33,876 t | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 35,750 t | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 37,297 t | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 37,223 t | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 33,822 t | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 29,722 t | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 41,270 t | +38.9% |
| 2023 | 45,253 t | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 46,259 t | +2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production in Central America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +70.0% | 45,220 t | 76,858 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,222 t | 10,500 t | 15,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,431 t | 11,700 t | 16,514 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,122 t | 19,358 t | 23,280 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,725 t | 19,729 t | 51,069 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,917 t | 30,404 t | 76,858 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,920 t | 33,876 t | 54,191 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,265 t | 29,722 t | 46,259 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
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- 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 yams — production in Central America?
- Yams — production in Central America was 46,259 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 76,858 t in 2006.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,500 t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for yams — production?
- Central America ranks 16th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Production. 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.