Bananas — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Bananas — Area harvested was 57,183 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 57,183 ha.
The figure is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 78,955 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 17,500 ha, in 1999.
That places Guatemala 25th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1969 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 26,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 21,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 1976 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1977 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 24,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 24,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 22,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 18,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 18,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 18,309 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 20,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1999 | 17,500 ha | -30.0% |
| 2000 | 18,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 39,418 ha | +116.6% |
| 2002 | 35,364 ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 36,622 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 39,418 ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 39,488 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 42,353 ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 57,030 ha | +34.7% |
| 2008 | 62,132 ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 63,250 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 63,530 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 65,906 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 68,282 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 70,309 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 71,357 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 75,061 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 78,206 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 78,955 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 74,643 ha | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 71,885 ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 76,822 ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 78,690 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 76,821 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 61,747 ha | -19.6% |
| 2024 | 57,183 ha | -7.4% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 57,183 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 8.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 57,183 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 8.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +116.6% | 18,200 ha | 39,418 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,222 ha | 21,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,100 ha | 20,000 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,500 ha | 18,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,481 ha | 17,500 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,328 ha | 18,200 ha | 63,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,813 ha | 63,530 ha | 78,955 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,253 ha | 57,183 ha | 78,690 ha | 5 |
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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 bananas — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Bananas — area harvested in Guatemala was 57,183 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 78,955 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,500 ha in 1999.
- How does Guatemala rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 25th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.