Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 4,533 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Guatemala is 4,533 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 8,500 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 30th of 53 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.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1965 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,400 ha | +41.2% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | -29.2% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | -17.6% |
| 1970 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1972 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | +344.4% |
| 1978 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | -64.7% |
| 1980 | 2,729 ha | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 2,960 ha | +8.5% |
| 1982 | 3,129 ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 3,309 ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 3,499 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 3,710 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 3,896 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | -23.0% |
| 1989 | 4,700 ha | +56.7% |
| 1990 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,559 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 4,480 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 4,550 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,060 ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 3,350 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 3,145 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 3,145 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,914 ha | +24.5% |
| 2008 | 3,914 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,914 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,984 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 4,123 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 4,123 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,333 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 4,263 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 4,333 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 4,333 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4,364 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,479 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 4,526 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 4,561 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 4,522 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 4,536 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,540 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,533 ha | -0.2% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 4,533 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 1.4× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 4,533 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +344.4% | 1,800 ha | 8,000 ha |
| 1979 | -64.7% | 8,500 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1989 | +56.7% | 3,000 ha | 4,700 ha |
| 1967 | +41.2% | 1,700 ha | 2,400 ha |
| 1968 | -29.2% | 2,400 ha | 1,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,644 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,160 ha | 1,400 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,463 ha | 2,729 ha | 4,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,559 ha | 4,480 ha | 4,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,804 ha | 3,145 ha | 4,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,286 ha | 3,984 ha | 4,526 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,538 ha | 4,522 ha | 4,561 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Guatemala was 4,533 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 8,500 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 Cocoa beans — 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.