Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Central America
Central America: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 16,039 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Central America, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for herbaceous crops — area from modis in Central America is 16,039 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Central America peaked at 18,296 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 15,187 1000 ha, in 2020.
Central America ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Central America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17,966 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 17,491 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 18,296 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 17,440 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 16,927 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 16,845 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 16,786 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 17,485 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 16,477 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 16,588 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 15,379 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 15,386 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 15,877 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 16,001 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 15,460 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 15,754 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 15,934 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 15,714 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 15,290 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 15,187 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 16,408 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 16,989 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 15,637 1000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 16,039 1000 ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17,301 1000 ha | 16,477 1000 ha | 18,296 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 15,738 1000 ha | 15,290 1000 ha | 16,588 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,052 1000 ha | 15,187 1000 ha | 16,989 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 18 Myanmar 13,817 1000 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.06 1000 ha compare
- 19 Spain 13,503 1000 ha compare
- 20 Germany 13,190 1000 ha compare
- 20 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.02 1000 ha compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 12,888 1000 ha compare
- 22 Italy 10,859 1000 ha compare
- 23 Chad 10,706 1000 ha compare
- 24 Romania 10,218 1000 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 3,756 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Central America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 95,489 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 4.26 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 61,301 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 5.15 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 29.08 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Central America?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Central America was 16,039 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 18,296 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,187 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Central America rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.