Avocados — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Avocados — Yield was 23,823 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 23,823 kg/ha for avocados — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 120.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Guatemala peaked at 23,823 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,484 kg/ha, in 2002.
Guatemala ranks 7th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,077 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 9,929 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 10,143 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 9,867 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 10,250 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 9,875 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 9,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 9,833 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 10,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,750 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 10,273 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 8,314 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1980 | 8,429 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 8,608 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 9,831 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 9,834 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,500 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 8,518 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1990 | 10,078 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1991 | 11,154 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 8,482 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1993 | 8,560 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 8,564 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 8,674 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 8,263 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 7,918 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 8,279 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 8,201 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 8,161 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 7,165 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 6,484 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 9,078 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 2004 | 8,105 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 8,113 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 13,079 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 2007 | 10,384 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2008 | 10,060 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 9,995 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 9,995 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10,114 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 10,042 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 10,471 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 10,828 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 10,042 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 10,532 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 10,462 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 10,367 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 10,394 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 14,270 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2021 | 17,895 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2022 | 23,179 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2023 | 23,141 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 23,823 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 23,823 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,090 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 23,823 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,908 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield in Guatemala changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +61.2% | 8,113 kg/ha | 13,079 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +40.0% | 6,484 kg/ha | 9,078 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +37.3% | 10,394 kg/ha | 14,270 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +29.5% | 17,895 kg/ha | 23,179 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +25.4% | 14,270 kg/ha | 17,895 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,020 kg/ha | 9,867 kg/ha | 10,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,017 kg/ha | 8,314 kg/ha | 10,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,572 kg/ha | 8,429 kg/ha | 10,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,817 kg/ha | 7,918 kg/ha | 11,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,062 kg/ha | 6,484 kg/ha | 13,079 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,325 kg/ha | 9,995 kg/ha | 10,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,462 kg/ha | 14,270 kg/ha | 23,823 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 4 French Guiana 39,618 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,538 kg/ha compare
- 5 Samoa 30,199 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 11,447 kg/ha compare
- 6 Panama 28,612 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 11,026 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 10,939 kg/ha compare
- 8 El Salvador 23,442 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 8,132 kg/ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 21,954 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,538 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lebanon 20,074 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0955 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 630.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.437 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — yield in Guatemala?
- Avocados — yield in Guatemala was 23,823 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 23,823 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,484 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Guatemala rank for avocados — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 7th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.