Cocoa beans — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Cocoa beans — Yield was 2,582 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 2,582 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Guatemala peaked at 2,901 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 333.3 kg/ha, in 1967.
Guatemala ranks 2nd of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 357.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 352.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 333.3 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 352.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 357.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 428.6 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 411.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 444.4 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 444.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 444.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 335 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 391.1 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 474.4 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1978 | 532 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 559.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 414.8 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1981 | 371.6 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 383.5 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 389.8 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 479.9 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1985 | 621.6 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1986 | 593 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 627.1 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 663.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 640.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 638.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 643.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 625 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 559.1 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 566.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 525.7 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 540.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 519.6 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 525.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 523.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 513.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 1,503 kg/ha | +192.8% |
| 2002 | 1,847 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2003 | 2,267 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2004 | 2,452 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 2,725 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 2,889 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 2,588 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 2,661 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 2,706 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 2,689 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 2,812 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 2,830 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,901 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 2,628 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 2,615 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 2,669 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2,711 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2,585 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 2,570 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,588 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,581 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,580 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,583 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,582 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 2,582 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 6.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 2,582 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 6.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 | +192.8% | 513.4 kg/ha | 1,503 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 352.59 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 446.58 kg/ha | 335 kg/ha | 559.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 518.48 kg/ha | 371.6 kg/ha | 663.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 566.74 kg/ha | 519.6 kg/ha | 643.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,215 kg/ha | 513.4 kg/ha | 2,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,701 kg/ha | 2,570 kg/ha | 2,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,583 kg/ha | 2,580 kg/ha | 2,588 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 1 Thailand 2,856 kg/ha compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 717.5 kg/ha compare
- 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 590.5 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 560.3 kg/ha compare
- 3 Fiji 2,500 kg/ha compare
- 4 Togo 986.8 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 480.5 kg/ha compare
- 5 Madagascar 894.4 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Guatemala?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Guatemala was 2,582 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 2,901 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 333.3 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Guatemala rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 2nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — 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.