Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 1.04 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 1.04 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.4% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 1.21 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 570,273 ha, in 1973.
That places Guatemala 74th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 694,998 ha | — |
| 1962 | 715,445 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 778,597 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 795,959 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 759,650 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 747,690 ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 789,864 ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 780,814 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 782,095 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 757,427 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 754,153 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 758,295 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 570,273 ha | -24.8% |
| 1974 | 655,675 ha | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 651,477 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 727,213 ha | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 737,365 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 698,389 ha | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 630,960 ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 746,640 ha | +18.3% |
| 1981 | 769,250 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 746,540 ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 663,268 ha | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 712,590 ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 772,780 ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 785,970 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 856,670 ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 734,830 ha | -14.2% |
| 1989 | 696,056 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 718,498 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 763,420 ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 822,740 ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 797,481 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 684,152 ha | -14.2% |
| 1995 | 608,595 ha | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 638,183 ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 639,351 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 692,565 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 651,413 ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 653,417 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 635,125 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 644,491 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 642,961 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 637,771 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 625,533 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 619,592 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 723,868 ha | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 891,456 ha | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 858,887 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 859,650 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 877,053 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 885,789 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 900,955 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 908,503 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 916,401 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 922,970 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 946,308 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 959,078 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 909,050 ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 1.01 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 1.09 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 1.21 million ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 1.20 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.04 million ha | -13.4% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 1.04 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 2.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 1.04 million ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 6.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 760,568 ha | 694,998 ha | 795,959 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 694,123 ha | 570,273 ha | 758,295 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 748,459 ha | 663,268 ha | 856,670 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 701,640 ha | 608,595 ha | 822,740 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 693,310 ha | 619,592 ha | 891,456 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 908,576 ha | 859,650 ha | 959,078 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Guatemala was 1.04 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 570,273 ha in 1973.
- How does Guatemala rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 74th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.