Colombia vs Guatemala: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Colombia
981,981 ha
in 2024
Guatemala
1.04 million ha
in 2024
Colombia rank
76th
Guatemala rank
74th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Colombia
  • Guatemala
500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1.5M1.8M196119922024

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 1.04 million ha against 981,981 ha in Colombia, a difference of 59,879 ha.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 76th and Guatemala ranks 74th of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 6 and Guatemala in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Guatemala Difference Ahead
1960s 1.25 million ha 760,568 ha 487,336 ha Colombia
1970s 1.20 million ha 694,123 ha 509,792 ha Colombia
1980s 1.36 million ha 748,459 ha 607,101 ha Colombia
1990s 1.33 million ha 701,640 ha 624,509 ha Colombia
2000s 1.14 million ha 693,310 ha 449,664 ha Colombia
2010s 1.05 million ha 908,576 ha 139,927 ha Colombia
2020s 1.04 million ha 1.11 million ha 70,728 ha Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Colombia or Guatemala?
Guatemala, at 1.04 million ha against 981,981 ha in Colombia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Colombia and Guatemala?
59,879 ha, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Guatemala?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Colombia and Guatemala rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Colombia ranks 76th and Guatemala ranks 74th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.