Barley — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Barley — Yield was 2,204 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 2,204 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Guatemala peaked at 4,134 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 787.5 kg/ha, in 1992.
Guatemala ranks 71st of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,714 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 1,750 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 1,778 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 1,800 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 1,667 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 1,477 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1968 | 1,478 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,470 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 1,464 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 1,492 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 1,482 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 1,500 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 1,520 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 1,519 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,464 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 1,483 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 1,494 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 1,448 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 1,582 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 1,500 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 1,482 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 1,485 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 1,444 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 1,438 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 1,300 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 1,186 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 1,076 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 789.9 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1990 | 788.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 788.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 787.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,018 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1994 | 1,204 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1995 | 1,418 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1996 | 2,137 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1997 | 2,437 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 4,134 kg/ha | +69.6% |
| 1999 | 3,958 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 3,749 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 3,894 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 2,596 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2003 | 2,596 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,272 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 1,947 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 1,947 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,380 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2008 | 1,622 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2009 | 973.5 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2010 | 1,493 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 2011 | 1,568 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 1,612 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1,639 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 2,163 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2015 | 2,163 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,163 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,163 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,163 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,163 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,254 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 2,193 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,203 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,217 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,204 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 2,204 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 2,204 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,789 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +69.6% | 2,437 kg/ha | 4,134 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +53.3% | 973.5 kg/ha | 1,493 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +50.8% | 1,418 kg/ha | 2,137 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -40.0% | 1,622 kg/ha | 973.5 kg/ha |
| 2002 | -33.3% | 3,894 kg/ha | 2,596 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +32.0% | 1,639 kg/ha | 2,163 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,644 kg/ha | 1,470 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,486 kg/ha | 1,448 kg/ha | 1,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,328 kg/ha | 789.9 kg/ha | 1,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,867 kg/ha | 787.5 kg/ha | 4,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,398 kg/ha | 973.5 kg/ha | 3,894 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,929 kg/ha | 1,493 kg/ha | 2,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,214 kg/ha | 2,193 kg/ha | 2,254 kg/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 barley — yield in Guatemala?
- Barley — yield in Guatemala was 2,204 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 4,134 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 787.5 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Guatemala rank for barley — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 71st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 Barley — 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.