Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 831.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 831.7 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Guatemala peaked at 1,386 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 471.2 kg/ha, in 1962.
Guatemala ranks 55th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 498.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 471.2 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 625.5 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1964 | 687.3 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1965 | 741.3 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 951.8 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1967 | 652.6 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1968 | 805.6 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1969 | 911.1 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 877.8 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 805.6 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 1,161 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 1973 | 1,083 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 1,160 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 965.9 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1976 | 1,178 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 1,128 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 1,242 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1979 | 1,386 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1980 | 1,315 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 1,185 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 921.1 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1983 | 939.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 1,041 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 931.9 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 757.5 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1987 | 875.4 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 1,146 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1989 | 945.8 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 994.2 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 994.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,035 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 920.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 919.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 834.8 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1996 | 925.7 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 837.1 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 891.2 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 793.5 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 812.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 821.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 833.6 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 832 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 824 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 823.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 820 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 771.2 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 828.5 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 834.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 860.2 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 874.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 861.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 865.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 869.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 827.4 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 841 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 841.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 833.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 837.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 826.2 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 832.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 832.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 830.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 831.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 831.7 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 831.7 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 704.98 kg/ha | 471.2 kg/ha | 951.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,099 kg/ha | 805.6 kg/ha | 1,386 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,006 kg/ha | 757.5 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 914.52 kg/ha | 793.5 kg/ha | 1,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 820.2 kg/ha | 771.2 kg/ha | 834.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 851.1 kg/ha | 827.4 kg/ha | 874.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 830.68 kg/ha | 826.2 kg/ha | 832.5 kg/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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Guatemala?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Guatemala was 831.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 1,386 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 471.2 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Guatemala rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 55th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.