Cereals, primary — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,563 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 6,563 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Guyana peaked at 6,563 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,531 kg/ha, in 1968.
Guyana ranks 20th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,940 kg/ha | 1,531 kg/ha | 2,217 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,172 kg/ha | 1,760 kg/ha | 2,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,146 kg/ha | 2,953 kg/ha | 3,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,624 kg/ha | 2,980 kg/ha | 4,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,132 kg/ha | 3,799 kg/ha | 4,523 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,105 kg/ha | 4,165 kg/ha | 5,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,962 kg/ha | 5,443 kg/ha | 6,563 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 17 Chile 6,606 kg/ha compare
- 18 Slovenia 6,586 kg/ha compare
- 19 Croatia 6,570 kg/ha compare
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6,558 kg/ha compare
- 22 Republic of Korea 6,544 kg/ha compare
- 23 China, mainland 6,495 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture share gdp 7.73 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.73 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 73.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 614,522 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 21,136 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Guyana?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Guyana was 6,563 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,563 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,531 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Guyana rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Guyana ranks 20th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.