World Wheat Facts and Trends 1995/96

Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

 PRODUCER CONSUMERS
    Mexico Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala
  General indicators            
1 Estimated population, 1995 (million) 93.7 3.4 11 7.8 5.8 10.6
2 Estimated growth rate of population,            
  1993-2000 (%/yr) 1.8 1.9 … 1.7 2.2 2.8
3 Per capita income 1994 (US $) 4180 2400 … 1330 1360 1200
4 Average per capita cereal production,            
  1993-95 (kg/yr) 284 56 17 69 149 140
5 Growth rate of per capita cereal production, 1985-95 (%/yr) -1.3 -9.8 -15.3 -3 0.9 -1.9
               
  Production of wheat and all cereals            
6 Average wheat area harvested,            
  1993-95 (000 ha) 930 … … … … 23
7 Average wheat yield, 1993-95 (t/ha) 4.1 … … … … 1.1
8 Average wheat production 1993-95 (000 t) 3848 … … … … 27
9 Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66 (%) 1.1 … … … … -0.9
10 Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77 (%) -0.2 … … … … 2.6
11 Growth rate of wheat area 1977-1985 (%) 7 … … … … -5.6
12 Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95 (%) -2.4 … … … … -5
13 Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66 (%) 7.3 … … … … 4.4
14 Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77 (%) 3.9 … … … … 3.2
15 Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85 (%) 2.6 … … … … 7.8
16 Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95 (%) -0.2 … … … … -5.4
17 Growth rate of wheat production, 1951-66 (%) 8.4 … … … … 3.6
18 Growth rate of wheat production, 1966-77 (%) 3.8 … … … … 5.7
19 Growth rate of wheat production, 1977-85 (%) 9.6 … … … … 2.2
20 Growth rate of wheat production, 1985-95 (%) -2.6 … … … … -10.4
21 Wheat area as percent of total cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) 9 … … … … 3
22 Average yield of all cereals, 1993-95 (t/ha) 2.6 2.9 1.4 4.3 1.9 1.6
23 Growth rate of yield of all cereals,            
  1951-95 (%/yr) 2.9 2.6 1.6 2.7 1.8 2.5
               
  Trade and utilization            
24 Average net imports of wheat, 1992-94 (000 t) 1427 134 1055 250 210 265
25 Average net imports of wheat per capita,            
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 16 41 97 33 38 26
26 Average per capita wheat consumption,            
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 59 35 97 33 42 29
27 Growth rate of per capita wheat consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) -1.9 -3.3 -5.3 -1.5 6.7 3.8
               
  Prices and input use            
28 Percent of total wheat area under semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 100 … … … … …
29 Nitrogen applied per hectare of wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) 153 … … … … …
30 Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US $/ton) 175 … … … … …
31 Ratio of farm level nitrogen price to wheat price, 1993-94 3.3 … … … … …
32 Farm wage in kg of wheat per day, 1993-94 36 … … … … …



Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean (cont'd) CONSUMERS Regional
          Trinidad total or
    Haiti Honduras Jamaica & Tobago average
  General indicators          
1 Estimated population, 1995 (million) 7.2 5.7 2.4 1.3 158.2
2 Estimated growth rate of population,          
  1993-2000 (%/yr) … 2.8 0.8 1.1 2
3 Per capita income 1994 (US $) 230 600 1540 3740 3133
4 Average per capita cereal production,          
  1993-95 (kg/yr) 53 132 2 15 204
5 Growth rate of per capita cereal production, 1985-95 (%/yr) -4.6 1.4 -7.1 10.4 -1.4
             
  Production of wheat and all cereals          
6 Average wheat area harvested,          
  1993-95 (000 ha) … 1 … … 954
7 Average wheat yield, 1993-95 (t/ha) … 0.6 … … 4.1
8 Average wheat production 1993-95 (000 t) … 1 … … 3875
9 Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66 (%) … … … … 1
10 Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77 (%) … … … … 0
11 Growth rate of wheat area 1977-1985 (%) … … … … 6.4
12 Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95 (%) … … … … -2.5
13 Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66 (%) … … … … 7.3
14 Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77 (%) … … … … 3.8
15 Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85 (%) … … … … 3
16 Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95 (%) … … … … -0.2
17 Growth rate of wheat production, 1951-66 (%) … … … … 8.3
18 Growth rate of wheat production, 1966-77 (%) … … … … 3.8
19 Growth rate of wheat production, 1977-85 (%) … … … … 9.5
20 Growth rate of wheat production, 1985-95 (%) … … … … -2.7
21 Wheat area as percent of total cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) … <1 … … 7
22 Average yield of all cereals, 1993-95 (t/ha) 0.9 1.4 1.3 3.5 2.4
23 Growth rate of yield of all cereals,          
  1951-95 (%/yr) 0.3 1.4 1.1 1.4 2.7
             
  Trade and utilization          
24 Average net imports of wheat, 1992-94 (000 t) 217 169 136 110 4316
25 Average net imports of wheat per capita,          
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 31 32 56 86 28
26 Average per capita wheat consumption,          
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 31 34 66 80 54
27 Growth rate of per capita wheat consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) 0.5 5 -0.9 -2.4 -2
             
  Prices and input use          
28 Percent of total wheat area under semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 … … … … 100
29 Nitrogen applied per hectare of wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) … … … … 153
30 Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US $/ton) … … … … …
31 Ratio of farm level nitrogen price to wheat price, 1993-94 … … … … …
32 Farm wage in kg of wheat per day, 1993-94 … … … … …

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