Agriculture & Rural in Central America

3,659 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Central America.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture 84.39 % 2023 down 3.6% 1st
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture 15.61 % 2023 up 25.2% 31st
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in 68.77 % 2023 down 8.4% 1st
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Male — Value 17,719 1000 No 2023 up 7.5% 16th
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Female 9,049 1000 No 2023 up 29.3% 19th
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Male — Value 32.83 % 2023 down 9.1% 14th
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female 34.84 % 2023 up 5.1% 13th
FAO Model — Share of females in total AFS employment — Female — Value 33.8 % 2023 up 13.5% 28th
Grapes — Gross Production Index Number 113.92 2024 up 17.9% 8th
Grapes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 104.17 2024 up 6.5% 5th
Eggplants (aubergines) — Gross Production Index Number 46.72 2024 down 47.2% 26th
Eggplants (aubergines) — Gross per capita Production Index Number 42.75 2024 down 52.3% 26th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 10,110 1000 No 2023 up 1.1% 16th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 1,871 1000 No 2023 up 31.3% 21st
SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of 1.07 % 2024 down 49.5% 23rd
SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture 0.25 2024 down 57.6% 24th
2.a.1 Agriculture share of Government Expenditure — Value 1.07 % 2024 down 49.5% 21st
2.a.1 Agriculture value added share of GDP — Value 4.26 % 2024 up 17.7% 20th
2.a.1 Agriculture orientation index for government expenditures 0.25 2024 down 57.6% 23rd
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 57.06 % 2023 down 5.9% 15th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 20.67 % 2023 up 1.6% 27th
SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value 4.26 % 2024 up 17.7% 22nd
Other beans, green — Gross Production Value 14,826 1000 USD 1990 down 15.0% 25th
Bananas — Gross Production Value 1.94 million 1000 USD 2024 up 9.2% 12th
Cassava, fresh — Gross Production Index Number 108.86 2024 up 12.6% 12th
Cassava, fresh — Gross per capita Production Index Number 99.53 2024 up 1.8% 13th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 26,768 1000 No 2023 up 14.0% 17th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 18.73 % 2023 down 14.4% 11th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 7.2 % 2023 up 6.7% 16th
Gender gap in the share of employment in agrifood systems out of 11.53 % 2023 down 23.8% 2nd
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 26,768 1000 No 2023 up 14.0% 17th
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 33.48 % 2023 down 4.8% 13th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 11,980 1000 No 2023 up 4.9% 17th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 14.98 % 2023 down 12.4% 12th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 44.76 % 2023 down 7.9% 20th
Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Value 23,847 1000 USD 2024 up 68.0% 21st
Sorghum — Gross Production Value 858,257 1000 USD 2024 down 45.8% 15th
Sunflower seed — Area harvested 5,821 ha 2024 down 60.5% 24th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 51.46 % 2023 down 4.4% 20th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 48.54 % 2023 up 5.1% 12th
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm 2.92 % 2023 down 61.8% 20th
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 34 1000 Int$ 2024 up 6.2% 27th
Coconuts, in shell — Gross Production Value 208,914 1000 Int$ 2024 down 13.4% 10th
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 160,408 t 2024 up 5.7% 8th
Sunflower seed — Production 5,344 t 2024 down 67.7% 24th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 14,787 1000 No 2023 up 22.5% 20th
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 14,787 1000 No 2023 up 22.5% 20th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 55.24 % 2023 up 7.5% 12th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 18.5 % 2023 up 2.4% 4th
Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 3.76 million 1000 USD 2024 up 37.8% 14th
Barley — Gross Production Value 199,529 1000 USD 2024 down 2.2% 23rd
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 132,936 1000 USD 2024 down 19.4% 18th
Plums and sloes — Gross Production Index Number 83.54 2024 down 13.4% 21st
Plums and sloes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 76.41 2024 down 21.7% 23rd
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 589,022 An 2024 down 10.1% 7th
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested 142,869 ha 2024 up 1.7% 12th
Coconuts, in shell — Yield 8,960 kg/ha 2024 down 14.8% 7th
Coconuts, in shell — Production 1.28 million t 2024 down 13.4% 10th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 589,022 An 2024 down 10.1% 7th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production 75,459 t 2024 down 12.8% 8th