Bananas — Production in Guatemala
Guatemala: Bananas — Production was 2.84 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Production in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — production in Guatemala stood at 2.84 million t.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Guatemala peaked at 4.65 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 285,800 t, in 1965.
That places Guatemala 10th out of 142 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Production in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 369,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 335,500 t | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 362,100 t | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 332,400 t | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 285,800 t | -14.0% |
| 1966 | 336,300 t | +17.7% |
| 1967 | 336,800 t | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 452,100 t | +34.2% |
| 1969 | 478,200 t | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 486,700 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 450,000 t | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 440,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 429,000 t | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 439,900 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 374,000 t | -15.0% |
| 1976 | 451,000 t | +20.6% |
| 1977 | 450,000 t | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 465,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 380,000 t | -18.3% |
| 1980 | 449,000 t | +18.2% |
| 1981 | 500,000 t | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 592,000 t | +18.4% |
| 1983 | 433,000 t | -26.9% |
| 1984 | 429,000 t | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 484,000 t | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 474,000 t | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 438,000 t | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 398,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 497,000 t | +24.9% |
| 1990 | 454,215 t | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 504,979 t | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 484,095 t | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 489,900 t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 638,000 t | +30.2% |
| 1995 | 780,000 t | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 916,000 t | +17.4% |
| 1997 | 810,000 t | -11.6% |
| 1998 | 1.03 million t | +27.8% |
| 1999 | 913,000 t | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 955,000 t | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 1.60 million t | +67.8% |
| 2002 | 1.76 million t | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 1.72 million t | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 1.89 million t | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 2.06 million t | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 1.95 million t | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 2.29 million t | +17.9% |
| 2008 | 2.30 million t | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2.68 million t | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 2.56 million t | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 2.88 million t | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 2.98 million t | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.31 million t | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 3.42 million t | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 3.80 million t | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 3.78 million t | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 4.08 million t | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 4.21 million t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 3.91 million t | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 4.06 million t | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 4.65 million t | +14.6% |
| 2022 | 4.48 million t | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 3.05 million t | -31.9% |
| 2024 | 2.84 million t | -6.8% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 2.84 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 62,998 t, 45.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 2.84 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90,616 t, 31.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 365,356 t | 285,800 t | 478,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 436,560 t | 374,000 t | 486,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 469,400 t | 398,000 t | 592,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 702,519 t | 454,215 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.92 million t | 955,000 t | 2.68 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.49 million t | 2.56 million t | 4.21 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.81 million t | 2.84 million t | 4.65 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 7 Nigeria 6.91 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 1.31 million t compare
- 8 Philippines 5.64 million t compare
- 8 Türkiye 875,000 t compare
- 9 Angola 5.21 million t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 811,021 t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 766,200 t compare
- 11 Mexico 2.67 million t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 533,896 t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 301,638 t compare
- 12 Colombia 2.64 million t compare
- 13 Costa Rica 2.63 million t compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,294 t 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 bananas — production in Guatemala?
- Bananas — production in Guatemala was 2.84 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 4.65 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 285,800 t in 1965.
- How does Guatemala rank for bananas — production?
- Guatemala ranks 10th out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. 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 — Production. 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.