Guatemala vs Madagascar: Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production
Guatemala
2.24 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar
2.39 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Guatemala rank
115th
Madagascar rank
112th
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production over time
- Guatemala
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 2.39 tonnes per hectare against 2.24 tonnes per hectare in Guatemala, a difference of 0.15 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.
Guatemala ranks 115th and Madagascar ranks 112th of 186 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9175 tonnes per hectare | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 0.8103 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 0.346 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 0.0421 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 0.1504 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.3 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | 2.97 tonnes per hectare | 0.8809 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 0.6542 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production, Guatemala or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 2.39 tonnes per hectare against 2.24 tonnes per hectare in Guatemala as of 2024.
- What is the difference in change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production between Guatemala and Madagascar?
- 0.15 tonnes per hectare, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guatemala and Madagascar rank globally for change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production?
- Guatemala ranks 115th and Madagascar ranks 112th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.