Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 1,010 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Guatemala is 1,010 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Guatemala peaked at 3,369 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 998.6 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Guatemala 93rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,062 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,941 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 3,059 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 2,944 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 3,000 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,053 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 3,000 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 2,952 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 3,048 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 3,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 2,913 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 2,875 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 2,840 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 2,808 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 2,778 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 2,750 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 2,724 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 3,369 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1980 | 3,333 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 3,200 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 3,214 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 3,193 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 3,206 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 3,197 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 3,203 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 3,077 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 3,139 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 3,140 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,917 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 3,196 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 3,181 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 3,208 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 3,208 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,192 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 3,192 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,813 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 2,273 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2000 | 2,270 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,429 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 2002 | 1,391 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1,520 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 1,431 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 1,359 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 1,287 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 1,214 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 1,142 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 1,099 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 1,097 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,095 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,093 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,091 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,078 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,064 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,051 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,040 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,045 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,033 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,018 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 998.6 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,021 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1,016 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,010 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 1,010 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 8% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 1,010 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 10% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -37.1% | 2,270 kg/ha | 1,429 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,001 kg/ha | 2,941 kg/ha | 3,062 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,910 kg/ha | 2,724 kg/ha | 3,369 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,196 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,032 kg/ha | 2,273 kg/ha | 3,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,414 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 2,270 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,069 kg/ha | 1,033 kg/ha | 1,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,013 kg/ha | 998.6 kg/ha | 1,021 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Guatemala?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Guatemala was 1,010 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 3,369 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 998.6 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Guatemala rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 93rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.