Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 1,628 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Guatemala is 1,628 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 60.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 8,750 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,600 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 60th of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 2,366 ha | -18.4% |
| 1980 | 2,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 2,850 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 2,870 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 2,940 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 3,070 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 3,900 ha | +27.0% |
| 1989 | 4,460 ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 5,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 1991 | 4,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 4,600 ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 4,900 ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 4,520 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 4,972 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 4,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,332 ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 8,750 ha | +64.1% |
| 2000 | 8,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 2002 | 4,598 ha | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 4,207 ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 4,280 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 3,172 ha | -25.9% |
| 2006 | 2,031 ha | -36.0% |
| 2007 | 3,085 ha | +51.9% |
| 2008 | 3,550 ha | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 3,813 ha | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 3,733 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 3,846 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 3,924 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 4,030 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 4,108 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 4,276 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 4,691 ha | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 4,716 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 4,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 3,052 ha | -36.4% |
| 2020 | 2,941 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 3,157 ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 1,973 ha | -37.5% |
| 2023 | 1,798 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 1,628 ha | -9.5% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 1,628 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,817 ha, 24% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 1,628 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,628 ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +64.1% | 5,332 ha | 8,750 ha |
| 2007 | +51.9% | 2,031 ha | 3,085 ha |
| 2001 | -42.9% | 8,750 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 2022 | -37.5% | 3,157 ha | 1,973 ha |
| 2019 | -36.4% | 4,800 ha | 3,052 ha |
| 2006 | -36.0% | 3,172 ha | 2,031 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,833 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,487 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,079 ha | 2,400 ha | 4,460 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,267 ha | 4,520 ha | 8,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,249 ha | 2,031 ha | 8,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,118 ha | 3,052 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,299 ha | 1,628 ha | 3,157 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Guatemala was 1,628 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 8,750 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 60th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. 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.