Beans, dry — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 187,425 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 187,425 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.8% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 258,400 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 63,500 ha, in 1962.
Guatemala ranks 24th of 129 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 63,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 75,200 ha | +18.4% |
| 1964 | 92,000 ha | +22.3% |
| 1965 | 87,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 78,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 80,900 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 100,900 ha | +24.7% |
| 1969 | 85,300 ha | -15.5% |
| 1970 | 150,700 ha | +76.7% |
| 1971 | 176,900 ha | +17.4% |
| 1972 | 100,000 ha | -43.5% |
| 1973 | 113,407 ha | +13.4% |
| 1974 | 90,915 ha | -19.8% |
| 1975 | 158,100 ha | +73.9% |
| 1976 | 133,100 ha | -15.8% |
| 1977 | 85,600 ha | -35.7% |
| 1978 | 94,800 ha | +10.7% |
| 1979 | 67,700 ha | -28.6% |
| 1980 | 64,500 ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 81,900 ha | +27.0% |
| 1982 | 82,040 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 101,710 ha | +24.0% |
| 1984 | 115,216 ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 166,291 ha | +44.3% |
| 1986 | 169,924 ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 173,068 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 140,420 ha | -18.9% |
| 1989 | 97,090 ha | -30.9% |
| 1990 | 129,990 ha | +33.9% |
| 1991 | 144,130 ha | +10.9% |
| 1992 | 140,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 120,890 ha | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 134,647 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 121,161 ha | -10.0% |
| 1996 | 121,380 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 122,780 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 133,189 ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 125,650 ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 127,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 215,959 ha | +69.5% |
| 2002 | 216,238 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 216,658 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 218,056 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 218,405 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 220,152 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 223,647 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 229,238 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 235,179 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 235,388 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 237,066 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 241,399 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 246,361 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 251,533 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 252,930 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 253,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 258,282 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 258,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 151,461 ha | -41.4% |
| 2020 | 156,220 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 186,599 ha | +19.4% |
| 2022 | 208,771 ha | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 207,893 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 187,425 ha | -9.8% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 187,425 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25,950 ha, 7.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 187,425 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 34,416 ha, 5.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +76.7% | 85,300 ha | 150,700 ha |
| 1975 | +73.9% | 90,915 ha | 158,100 ha |
| 2001 | +69.5% | 127,400 ha | 215,959 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,767 ha | 63,500 ha | 100,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,122 ha | 67,700 ha | 176,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 119,216 ha | 64,500 ha | 173,068 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 129,382 ha | 120,890 ha | 144,130 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 212,093 ha | 127,400 ha | 235,179 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 238,582 ha | 151,461 ha | 258,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 189,382 ha | 156,220 ha | 208,771 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 beans, dry — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Guatemala was 187,425 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 258,400 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,500 ha in 1962.
- How does Guatemala rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 24th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.