Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 41,453 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guyana, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Guyana stood at 41,453 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Guyana peaked at 48,921 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10,900 kg/ha, in 1990.
Guyana ranks 1st of 93 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 11,800 kg/ha | — |
| 1989 | 11,217 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 10,900 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 38,824 kg/ha | +256.2% |
| 1992 | 38,937 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 39,050 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 39,163 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 39,276 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 39,389 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 39,502 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 39,615 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 39,728 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 39,842 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 39,954 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 40,068 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 40,181 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 40,294 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 40,407 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 40,520 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 40,614 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 40,708 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 40,802 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 40,897 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 40,991 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 41,037 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 43,668 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 48,921 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 36,704 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 40,450 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 39,691 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 31,604 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2019 | 45,101 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 2020 | 47,583 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 43,181 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 41,468 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 41,408 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 41,453 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 41,453 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 12,236 kg/ha, 3.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 41,453 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 3.9× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +256.2% | 10,900 kg/ha | 38,824 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +42.7% | 31,604 kg/ha | 45,101 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11,509 kg/ha | 11,217 kg/ha | 11,800 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 36,439 kg/ha | 10,900 kg/ha | 39,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,339 kg/ha | 39,842 kg/ha | 40,802 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,906 kg/ha | 31,604 kg/ha | 48,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,019 kg/ha | 41,408 kg/ha | 47,583 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Guyana?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Guyana was 41,453 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 48,921 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,900 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Guyana rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Guyana ranks 1st out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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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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.